At this website, we get hundreds of links to video of UFOs
and aliens, and many actual videos sent to us, usually of
UFOs taken at night. Much of this video we do not do
anything with, either because it is of a light at night that
could really be anything, or because it is obviously a
simple computer generated graphic.
In our new "Out There" section, which aggregates without
editing, we will usually post links to interesting and
unusual video, even without evaluating it. For the main news
section of the site, however, we do evaluate any images,
video or still, that we might post and comment on.
Yesterday, an astute "Out There" reader noticed that an
unusual video from Fresno, California was oddly similar to
one we had posted a short time ago from Peru. I had noticed
the Peruvian video because the creature in it is so unusual
looking. So I was intrigued by the Fresno video, which shows
what appears to be the same sort of thing.
It is not possible to determine if these are CGI effects,
because the resolution of the available imagery is too low.
Even if we are able to get the original footage, it may
still be impossible, because modern imaging software is so
good.
In a sense, however, in this case, it may not matter, for a
number of reasons. First, with the possible exception of a
video from Russia, these are the only two videos of
something that looks like this. Second, the structure of the
creature is so extremely unusual that it seems like it's the
last thing a hoaxer would think to do. Third, this creature
displays a number of morphological features that are
entirely alien. No animal on earth is structured like this.
Of course it would be possible to fake. Even fairly easy, in
this case. However, I think it is worth speculating about
what these videos may mean if they are genuine.
First and foremost, I have never seen anything that looks
like this and I do not recall anything in all the letters
and emails we have received over the years that describes
anything like this. Instead of huge heads and staring eyes,
these creatures seem to have very narrow heads and vestigial
faces, if any face at all. One would think that such a small
head must mean a small brain and therefore a simple one, but
this may not be the case. We know that many birds are highly
intelligent. In fact, the most intelligent land animal
besides us may be the African Gray Parrot, which has a tiny
brain. And yet, African Grays can learn as much language and
use it at least as skillfully as the most highly trained apes.
So it could well be that this is a normally or even highly
intelligent creature that is just built along lines that
work, but that have not evolved here on earth.
At present, there are probably more UFO sightings taking
place than at any time since the early fifties. Some, of
course, are mistakes, others fakes. But, in general, the
sightings are coming from ordinary folks who really are
seeing things that cannot be explained, and some of them,
such as the recent air chase over Germany, are really
spectacular and undeniable.
So, it's worth asking, is there some sort of change under
way? I think that there well could be. If so, and if aliens
are revealing their physical appearance in this way, then we
can expect extreme strangeness as matters continue to
develop.
I might add, here, that I think that the form that we know
as "the grays" is a very real one, and that there probably
are a few legitimate images of these creatures.
Unfortunately, I cannot put my finger on one that I can
prove is real, but the form is described so often, and is so
like things I have personally seen, that I have to believe
that it is one form that is, indeed, here.
There might be more than one form, though. This is a big
universe--really, really big--and it is likely that there
are many different forms of creature out there, and it is
possible that they interact and have come here in some sort
of partnership, or that a number of different forms have
discovered us independently of one another, and are now
making independent observations.
In any case, there is a distinct probability that these two
videos represent authentic images of genuine aliens, and
that this does mean that they are going to become more
apparent over the near term.
The vast majority of the human species has no idea that this
phenomenon exists. The few who do mostly either dismiss it
or ignore it because it doesn't impact their lives. A very
tiny number, probably no more than a few million worldwide,
have conscious memories of close encounters or have seen an
unforgettable UFO, and take an active interest.
By gathering video, comparing experiences and banding
together in groups, these people are forming a new human
institution, one that is sensitized to contact and aware of
the possibility that it could become a much more general
human experience than it is now.
When will it happen and what form will it take? Well, if we
are not surprised by the way that both of those questions
are answered, I will be--well--surprised. But I do think
that a change may be under way, and all of us who are part
of this new group of people who are aware of this and
sensitive to it, should be prepared for what could be a very
sudden amplification of the situation. If the visitors
should make themselves publicly known, matters could go in a
very short time from what they are now, a more-or-less
ignored part of the cultural background, to the most
important matter in human affairs.
If that happens, we are going to be needed, and also can
expect to be stepped on by politicians who want to retain
power, pundits who want to retain authority, and researchers
who want to dominate the contact process.
In the end, though, it will be our visitors who decide how
information about them will emerge into human society. We,
all of us, have probably been drawn into this for a reason.
They do not intend for the process of contact to flow
through our existing institutions. Rather, they have chosen
to go another way, which is to appeal directly to people
like us--the ordinary man.
Small heads or large, that is probably a very sensible idea.
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