If the aliens have already been here, then, perhaps, they are still around. And if they are here right now, who knows the truth? Is there a covert extraterrestrial presence?
Where are the aliens?
Where are the aliens?
(STARpod.org) -- If the aliens have already been here, an idea suggested by Professor Paul Davies during his talk at the Royal Society, then, perhaps, they are still around.
And if they are here right now, who knows the truth?
Is there a covert extraterrestrial presence?
Where are the aliens?
And what about the allegations of a secret government "core story" of contact with an unearthly presence?
It's called the "Fermi Paradox."
Almost sixty years ago, a group of nuclear physicists, including Edward Teller, father of the American H-bomb, and Enrico Fermi, were casually discussing the topic of UFOs.
According to the historical record, in the 1950s, American intelligence services were concerned about reports of "flying saucers" and "unidentified flying objects."
Fermi, according to the legend, did a quick "back of the envelope" calculation, knowing that in spite of the vast distances between the stars, the universe was old enough to support the spread of intelligence across the cosmos.
Is it possible that in the vastness of intergalactic space, we are all alone? The latest data suggests there are an enormous number of planets within our home galaxy.
Consider this: light can travel from one side of the galaxy to the other in about 100,000 years. Yet the oldest stars are more than thirteen billion years old. So called "second generation stars," thought to be responsible for the creation of the materials which make up the basis of complex worlds, appeared shortly thereafter.
One recent estimate put the length of time required for an advanced technological civilization to spread throughout the galaxy from 5 to 50 million years.
The bottom line? There has been more than enough time for intelligent life to spread across the galaxy, in spite of the daunting distances involved.
If Earth-like worlds are out there, in vast numbers -- assuming intelligent life follows -- then the galaxy should be filled with extraterrestrial civilizations.
So where are they?
Maybe they are already here.
According to a few well placed individuals, who remain unidentified to protect their relationship to the United States government, there is a real alien presence.
Physicist Beatriz Gato-Rivera tackled the problem in a couple of unusual papers published in 2006.
Gato-Rivera posed the question: "Is our Solar System part of a Galactic Hyper-civilization?"
The idea assumes our Solar System is deeply embedded within a far superior extraterrestrial civilization -- in fact all typical galaxies are already colonized with embedded "sub-civilizations" -- just as an ant colony might be embedded inside a vastly larger modern city. For all practical purpose, the ants, and the humans, remain oblivious to the higher-level activities all around them.
Pointing to recent developments in string theory, involving new large extra dimensions of space, which remain invisible to human senses and technology, Gato-Rivera explained, "It would be most natural if other universes would also exist located along the extra space dimensions. As a result, these theories open up enormous possibilities regarding the visitation or colonization of the Solar System by alien civilizations."
If the Earth has already been visited, then at some point in time over the vast history of the galaxy, the "extraterrestrial presence" may have left something behind -- something "alien" and probably far beyond our conception of technology -- to keep an eye out for any interesting developments.
For example, the detonation of nuclear weapons.
Is it really a surprising coincidence that nuclear facilities, weapons, and delivery systems, appear to be the focus of the so-called government phenomenology problem? Or are the reports merely useful cover stories for Earthly technologies in need of protection from the other side?
One account of government weirdness arrived in the form of a "core story" of alien contact.
Naturally those familiar with the tale often request they remain unidentified, or even "on deep background."
"The term 'Core Story' has three separate meanings," explained someone familiar with the tale, who added, "The first ... was invented by three persons in a Denny's Restaurant in San Jose, California, on the 15th of July 1986, immediately after new and veridical data had been received directly by two of them from the Director of Security of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory."
"The second is the 'hijacked' term Core Story," which the source explained had been used by Captain Robert Collins in his book, Exempt from Disclosure.
[For background, see our review of Captain Collins' book.]
The differences between the different flavors of the Core Story were described as being "night and day" by the source, who added that the UFO alien visitation tales were "grounded in fantasy, are phantasmagorical to the extreme ... and possess zero data or circumstantial testimony from credible government sources."
As for the first and original core story, one source familiar with the origin of the legend simply noted it was "well grounded" from "credible sources."
It appears that the so-called "phenomenology problem" has less to do with flying objects and more to do with observed violations of physical laws.
Many years ago author Arthur C. Clarke declared that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Are the alleged anomalies, such as those rumored to have occurred at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, evidence of magic? Is this the "smoking gun" for Paul Davies' idea that the Earth may have been visited in ages past?
The landscape of weird alien tales is populated by many past and present government-affiliated individuals -- some highly placed -- who offer stories which defy any reasonable explanation, in the context of their daily responsibilities.
Ingo Swann, the man the U.S. government tasked to train a secret team of "remote viewers" to psychically spy on the Russians, revealed a secret operation to psychically spy on aliens building a base on the moon.
Another source added to this tale, "There is a fortress there. Dark side of the moon ... It is forbidden for our species to go there, It is a multi-planetary, multi-species 'dominated by contract' of the old barbaric sect of the race that contractually dominates this Solar System by permission of the old and new confederacy."
Stories of an alleged alien presence on the moon, perhaps inspired by popular science fiction like 2001: A Space Odyssey, represent the hidden eye of the subconscious mind.
"Occular Luna" stares down at our world, acting as a portal into a repackaged metaphysical territory.
What one learns from investigating the Core Story, is how covert 20th Century "weaponization" of the human mind opened a channel into the "extraterrestrial presence."
Ultimately, the real "core story" extraterrestrial encounter may be the one we experience when we look in the mirror.
And if they are here right now, who knows the truth?
Is there a covert extraterrestrial presence?
Where are the aliens?
And what about the allegations of a secret government "core story" of contact with an unearthly presence?
It's called the "Fermi Paradox."
Almost sixty years ago, a group of nuclear physicists, including Edward Teller, father of the American H-bomb, and Enrico Fermi, were casually discussing the topic of UFOs.
According to the historical record, in the 1950s, American intelligence services were concerned about reports of "flying saucers" and "unidentified flying objects."
Fermi, according to the legend, did a quick "back of the envelope" calculation, knowing that in spite of the vast distances between the stars, the universe was old enough to support the spread of intelligence across the cosmos.
Is it possible that in the vastness of intergalactic space, we are all alone? The latest data suggests there are an enormous number of planets within our home galaxy.
Consider this: light can travel from one side of the galaxy to the other in about 100,000 years. Yet the oldest stars are more than thirteen billion years old. So called "second generation stars," thought to be responsible for the creation of the materials which make up the basis of complex worlds, appeared shortly thereafter.
One recent estimate put the length of time required for an advanced technological civilization to spread throughout the galaxy from 5 to 50 million years.
The bottom line? There has been more than enough time for intelligent life to spread across the galaxy, in spite of the daunting distances involved.
If Earth-like worlds are out there, in vast numbers -- assuming intelligent life follows -- then the galaxy should be filled with extraterrestrial civilizations.
So where are they?
Maybe they are already here.
According to a few well placed individuals, who remain unidentified to protect their relationship to the United States government, there is a real alien presence.
Physicist Beatriz Gato-Rivera tackled the problem in a couple of unusual papers published in 2006.
Gato-Rivera posed the question: "Is our Solar System part of a Galactic Hyper-civilization?"
The idea assumes our Solar System is deeply embedded within a far superior extraterrestrial civilization -- in fact all typical galaxies are already colonized with embedded "sub-civilizations" -- just as an ant colony might be embedded inside a vastly larger modern city. For all practical purpose, the ants, and the humans, remain oblivious to the higher-level activities all around them.
Pointing to recent developments in string theory, involving new large extra dimensions of space, which remain invisible to human senses and technology, Gato-Rivera explained, "It would be most natural if other universes would also exist located along the extra space dimensions. As a result, these theories open up enormous possibilities regarding the visitation or colonization of the Solar System by alien civilizations."
If the Earth has already been visited, then at some point in time over the vast history of the galaxy, the "extraterrestrial presence" may have left something behind -- something "alien" and probably far beyond our conception of technology -- to keep an eye out for any interesting developments.
For example, the detonation of nuclear weapons.
Is it really a surprising coincidence that nuclear facilities, weapons, and delivery systems, appear to be the focus of the so-called government phenomenology problem? Or are the reports merely useful cover stories for Earthly technologies in need of protection from the other side?
One account of government weirdness arrived in the form of a "core story" of alien contact.
Naturally those familiar with the tale often request they remain unidentified, or even "on deep background."
"The term 'Core Story' has three separate meanings," explained someone familiar with the tale, who added, "The first ... was invented by three persons in a Denny's Restaurant in San Jose, California, on the 15th of July 1986, immediately after new and veridical data had been received directly by two of them from the Director of Security of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory."
"The second is the 'hijacked' term Core Story," which the source explained had been used by Captain Robert Collins in his book, Exempt from Disclosure.
[For background, see our review of Captain Collins' book.]
The differences between the different flavors of the Core Story were described as being "night and day" by the source, who added that the UFO alien visitation tales were "grounded in fantasy, are phantasmagorical to the extreme ... and possess zero data or circumstantial testimony from credible government sources."
As for the first and original core story, one source familiar with the origin of the legend simply noted it was "well grounded" from "credible sources."
It appears that the so-called "phenomenology problem" has less to do with flying objects and more to do with observed violations of physical laws.
Many years ago author Arthur C. Clarke declared that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Are the alleged anomalies, such as those rumored to have occurred at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, evidence of magic? Is this the "smoking gun" for Paul Davies' idea that the Earth may have been visited in ages past?
The landscape of weird alien tales is populated by many past and present government-affiliated individuals -- some highly placed -- who offer stories which defy any reasonable explanation, in the context of their daily responsibilities.
Ingo Swann, the man the U.S. government tasked to train a secret team of "remote viewers" to psychically spy on the Russians, revealed a secret operation to psychically spy on aliens building a base on the moon.
Another source added to this tale, "There is a fortress there. Dark side of the moon ... It is forbidden for our species to go there, It is a multi-planetary, multi-species 'dominated by contract' of the old barbaric sect of the race that contractually dominates this Solar System by permission of the old and new confederacy."
Stories of an alleged alien presence on the moon, perhaps inspired by popular science fiction like 2001: A Space Odyssey, represent the hidden eye of the subconscious mind.
"Occular Luna" stares down at our world, acting as a portal into a repackaged metaphysical territory.
What one learns from investigating the Core Story, is how covert 20th Century "weaponization" of the human mind opened a channel into the "extraterrestrial presence."
Ultimately, the real "core story" extraterrestrial encounter may be the one we experience when we look in the mirror.
