In my last
journal
entry, I speculated about the possible
meaning of the extraordinary "drone" photos that have
recently surfaced. Now a new witness has appeared, "Isaac,"
who claims to have worked on part of a project that involved
the use in partnership of alien technology to create these
remarkable devices. But is this true? If it is, then it is
obviously very important.
As I have been doing all along, I am going to reserve
judgment for now about whether or not the material he has
deposited--and for that matter, the whole production of
witness testimony and pictures--is a hoax or not. That is
not to say that I'm not investigating. I certainly am
investigating.
But for now, I am going to address the larger issues that
arise if we assume that it is NOT a hoax. By this I mean
that the witnesses are genuine, the pictures are real, and
the material deposited by "Isaac" is authentic.
If it is, then I would say that that a test is under way of our
ability to respond in a useful and coherent manner to what
is being revealed, and I would like to begin by saying that
I have always understood that one of the primary reasons for
the secrecy has been that, if the superb technology of the
aliens was revealed publicly before its principles were
understood, we risked a profound cultural descent, that
would result from our focusing ourselves on their greater
achievements, and becoming supplicants.
This would mean that we would not be a resource but a
burden, and there is no reason to expend all the time,
wealth, thought and emotion that are necessary to make
contact work, if the only outcome is going to be a failure
like this.
Therefore, a three-pronged effort was made to engage with
us without intervening in a way that would bruise our sense of
independence and our self-worth.
The first part of this was the creation of a theater in the
sky, that has been ongoing now for many years, and has
served to make us aware of the possibility that strangers
may be here.
The second part was the close encounter phenomenon, which
was designed to acclimate us to new ways of thinking and to
a culture very different from our own, that arises out of a
mind that does not work like the human mind.
This is the part that bleeds off into the darkness of alien
abduction, cattle mutilations, and all of that material.
Certainly, our visitors are not angels. Indeed, despite
their very different minds, they are in some ways quite
familiar.
To understand what I am saying here, imagine what might
happen if we discovered another planet with intelligent
creatures living on it who had never encountered the outside
world. First, our anthropologists would demand that we
remain hidden so that we would not ruin their chances of
studying the local culture. Second, our biologists would
demand everything from blood to sexual material. The
creatures would be abducted, studied and tagged, just as we
do to lions on the veld, and the visitors apparently do to
us. Third, there would be exploitation, both officially
sanctioned and not so officially sanctioned.
In other words, what we are experiencing at the hands of the
visitors is almost a blueprint for what we would almost
inevitably do if we were the starfaring species and we were
involving ourselves with creatures from another world.
I might also add that really interacting with them would
probably be orders of magnitude more difficult than it is
for us to interact with dolphins in any way that actually
means something on their terms, not ours. We can teach them
to play ball and nuzzle tourists, but we cannot speak a word
of dolphin. It might be, though, with the precious treasure
of another intelligent species, we would want very much to
interact with them on terms that would be meaningful to us
both, and not just toy with them.
This brings me to Project Caret, and, I am sure, other
such projects, and the third and reconciling side of my
little triad of contact.
This third part is a kind of melding of the other two, which
involves direct contact with the most advanced human
institutions available that could also be counted on to keep
a secret. Thus large scientific institutions such as
universities have been left out of this equation, while defense
contractors and military elements are included.
The secrecy was not, and has never been, evil or greedy or
arrogant in any way. It has been necessary to preserve us as
free and independent beings. It has been abused by those
among the visitors who have sought to exploit us, also, I
would assume.
I can only surmise that the appearance of the drones, and
now the release of materials by Isaac, is a new step in the
ongoing experiment that we call contact. It has happened
now because we have taken a number of steps forward, and
are no longer seeing things in quite as provincial a manner as
before. We can know that the visitors are real and that they
have been in contact with elements of our society for some
time, without being confused or deranged by this knowledge.
It is possible that this experiment will involve the general
media as well. If so, then it is to be hoped that they
approach the situation with the same calm and open-minded
attitude that will be exhibited on Coast to Coast,
Earthfiles and Unknowncountry, and that the general public
will take their cue from you, the members of the public who
are already aware of what is really unfolding here, and not
from the various hysterics and egoists who will emerge to
promote one myth or another.
The visitors are not demons. They are not angels. They have
a complex living history just like we do. They are part of a
vast and ancient web which is intelligence in the universe,
and I think that this event may signal that it is time for us to
attempt another step in the direction of joining ourselves
to this great resonance.
And none too soon. We need clearance to pass many outsider
technologies into the general population, because ways can
undoubtedly be found to use them on behalf of the whole
species and, ultimately, all the living worlds.
I have learned from firsthand observation just how
wonderfully clever the human being is, and how very capable
we are of proceeding another step down this road. Of course
it will be difficult. It's hard to walk at first, and our
weakness has to be respected along with our strength.
Our weaknesses are all quite familiar. There are seven of
them, and all seven will be playing their roles in our
attempt to weave conscious awareness into the web of
contact that already penetrates our society on many, many
different levels. If you find this reference mysterious,
click here.
But also, our virtues of faith, hope, charity, fortitude,
justice, temperance and, above all, prudence must be brought
to bear by us with care, dignity and determination.
We have lived with the visitors among us for a long time.
The next step is perhaps for the general population to know
that they are here, and for the open scientific culture to
begin to take command of some of the technologies that have
been made available to us.
It is, at any rate, a goal worthy of hope and prayer, for,
if it were to unfold in this way at this time, our
children's children will see this as the age of heroes,
when they look back on our memory from their vantage in
the stars.
All well and good. In my next journal entry on this subject,
absent intervening events, I will deal with the possibility
that there are one or more hoaxes involved. But it won't
come right away. It takes time for investigations like this
to proceed, given the care that is needed.
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08-Jun-2007: The Mystery of the Drones
