On this page I have archived Emails I have sent over time to what I referred to as the "UFO Working Group" It's a large group of people who come to UFO and related phenomenon from different perspectives. Some of the people are are more science-oriented, some more philosophically inclined, some more spiritually inclined, and most combinations of those perspectives and others. Feel free to write me at swkochel@yahoo.com if you want to be added to the group.
Note: this page still has some cleaning up to do and the emails an be very long-winded.
August 17th 2026
Hello UFO working group. (and four new people!)
Note: if you have time, I would highly recommend the first two videos at the time I marked them at. The Bigelow interview, at the time mark I mention is interesting as well, although you might like the whole of all these videos. A lot of other stuff I've linked is for documentation and for those of you who want to go deeper into the science, testimony, and theories. The Dr. Knuth interview is especially good if you want to explore more than the "nuts and bolts" of the phenomenon.
So here we go:
There are appeals being made to president Trump to free people from their security oaths and I wanted to share two of them that are in video form. The first is from a good channel I've mentioned many times, Psicoactivo. I would highly suggest watching the below video from 2min 30 sec til about 4min 20 sec, or as long as you want. Enjoy the highly credentialed whistleblowers, many whom have already testified under-oath, appealing to the president.
David Grusch leads UFO Whistleblowers' Disclosure plea for President Trump - Psicoactivo #1118
This next video I would watch at 36sec to 1min 25 sec. Later the channel (which is a small time channel) goes on show Grusch talking about more of what he knows with Dr. Phil at 3min and 8sec. Here's the video:
“I Saw the Alien Bodies” — Dr. Eric Davis Wants IMMUNITY
Davis has testified to small sessions of Congress and is well-known in UFO circles. While some of his claims ("there are at least 4 species visiting us") are controversial, he's a real physicist who has worked on top-secret space=based propulsion and other related things. Here's his publications from Research Gate (this stuff is beyond my understanding as far as the physics and math, maybe some of you will get it more):
Eric DAVIS | Senior Research Physicist | Ph.D. in Astrophysics | Research profile
Eric DAVIS, Senior Research Physicist | Cited by 389 | | Read 41 publications | Contact Eric DAVIS
But Dr. Phil is all in now and here's the full interview with Grusch if you want to watch it if you haven't yet:
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone
Another person who has worked a lot with government and has spent a lot of time and money on this subject is Robert Bigelow. He founded Bigelow Aerospace. His main hobbies seemingly have been UFOs, parapsychology and consciousness after death, which are some of mine. However, unlike me, he's a friend of Trump. Recently he did an interview with George Knapp and talked about how he implored Trump in person 1 on 1 to start a slow disclosure. He even respectfully gives the president the words he would like him to say, "A non-human intelligent presence has been on earth for a very long time. Using spacecraft and with performance completely beyond our capabilities and our human physics." Here's the video. The whole thing is good and Bigelow claims a lot of stuff is going on (recoveries, bodies, and he's even claimed at least once in the past that they walk among us -he's not the only one), but the part I am referencing is him talking to the president urging more disclosure is at 1min 24sec, and the specific thing I quoted earlier is at about 4min (this is 1 of two recent interviews he did btw):
Robert Bigelow and George Knapp discuss UFO disclosure
As always, are these people all mistaken, liars, deep-state operatives with some psyop task, or just idiots of some sort? This doesn't just go for them, but all the people in "Age of Disclosure" and all the other people who've come out over time including (a little trip down memory lane as I think I might have talked about some of these before):
Paul Hellyer: Degree in aeronautical engineering & worked in private industry. Joined the Canadian Army & then swtiched to the Airforce as a pilot. Later elected to Parliament & Later Minister of National Defense for 4 years & Minister of Transport for 2 years. In his later years until his death in 2021, claimed at least 4 species of aliens visit earth and later increased the number of species. Says U.S. government is in contact and there are collaboration efforts w/U.S. military and aerospace and are are intentionaled covered up. Accused global elites of hiding info for military, political, and economic advantages. Says aliens are concerned about our environment, particularly nuclear weapons. Claims they’ve intervened at times to disable nukes.
Edgar Mitchell: Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT. Navy Test Pilot (first in class). Apollo 14 Astronaut and 6th man to walk on the moon. Later astronaut instructor in advanced math and navigation theory. Who, starting in 1996, increasingly claimed UFOs are real and governments are covering up alien contact. Said at least some aliens are peaceful and concerned about Earth’s future. Also, that the Roswell incident was real.
Haim Eshed: Head of Israel's Space and Security Program for 30 years, former Brigadier General and oversaw many classified space programs. Ph.D in aeronautical engineering & professor at Israel Institute for Technology: Technion (their top engineering and space university). Published numerous peer-reviewed papers on aerospace and satellite tech. Awarded the Israel Defense Prize 3 times (given for classified contributions to national security). Who in 2020, at age 87, claimed that there is a “Galactic Federation" (just like Hellyer claimed...and others) that has been in contact with U.S. and Israeli governments. That there is a underground base on Mars with U.S. astronauts and aliens at it. That Trump was going to release all this in his first term but was asked not to to prevent hysteria, and that the aliens are observing us and waiting for us to reach a stage in which we’ll understand what “space and spaceships are,” and be included into the Federation. He said he was speaking out now as attitudes have been changing. He also claims aliens have prevented some potential nuclear disasters.
Carl Nell: Retired Colonel Carl Nell has over 30 years of experience in military intelligence. He served as the U.S. Army liaison to the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force from 2021 to 2022. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (cum laude), an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and additional master’s degrees in Computer Science and Strategic Studies. In the private sector, he has held senior defense executive roles at Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Bell Labs. While at the 2024 SALT Conference, Col. Nell asserted there is “zero doubt” about ongoing interactions between non-human intelligences (NHI) and humanity. He claimed that a covert arms race is underway to reverse-engineer non-human technology and stated that whistleblower David Grusch is “essentially correct” in his claims. He also cautioned against the risks of catastrophic disclosure and advocated for a phased, responsible approach to revealing such information.
Dr. Gregory Rogers: D.O. in Osteopathic Medicine from Oklahoma State University. Army Flight Surgeon in W. Germany and later Chief of Aerospace Medicine at Cape Canaveral and Vance AFB ‘89-’95. Completed NASA Flight Surgeon training, spaceflight physiology, and other Space Shuttle familiarization courses. Worked in emergency medicine and Army munitions medical leadership until retiring in ‘25. Served as Chief Flight Surgeon for NASA’s 45th Space Wing. Also holds a helicopter flight certificate. In May of 2025 claimed he was shown, in a locked Cape Canaveral hanger in ‘92 on CCTV, footage of a 20 foot white smooth, saucer shaped craft with U.S. AF markings. It hovered, rotated and tilted 45 degrees with no visible propulsion, control surfaces, etc. Claims the presenter, an AF Major, pointed up and said it was “gotten from them.” He also claims that several NASA astronauts have privately acknowledged seeing UAPs, sometimes flying in formation, but remain silent due to stimaga and security. Claims the AF is actively reverse-engineering such craft
This is a small list from a slideshow of mine that, except for Nell, doesn't include people from "The Age of Disclosure" nor many many other people who have claimed after working in highly secretive programs to have seen evidence of NHI (Non-Human Intelligence). Neil Degrasse Tyson has conceded more recently that the tone has changed in the UFO discussion because the nature of the people coming forward has changed. However, that's only because he didn't read earlier works like, "Above Top Secret" which is full of redacted documents and whistleblower testimony and/or wasn't willing to risk his reputation as spokesperson for rational empirical science. Eric Weinstein also fits in here as do many other people...but back to the main email.
So, speaking of the President, he now has a UAP Science Advisory Council. It was established in June to provide science guidance to the White House, Military, FBI and intel agencies on UAP and related stuff. Avi Loeb, who has been very active looking at curious space objects and potential debris in the ocean from a possible off-world technical object crashing, is it's Chairperson. He's gotten a lot of press coverage, no doubt for his claims that some interstellar objects could be alien tech, but also because he's the chair of the Harvard Astronomy department. (reminds me of John Mack -deceased- former chair of Harvard psychiatry department studying people saying they been abducted to see what's wrong with them, and coming to the eventual conclusion they've actually been abducted)
Here's an article from The Harvard Crimson talking about Loeb's role on the Council:
Inside Avi Loeb’s New UAP Council, Built From His Harvard Orbit | News | The Harvard Crimson
Some people think Loeb has sold out for administrative favoritism, some people think he was "gotten to" in some manner and now he's "captured" by the keepers of the knowledge. Others think he's working to roll out a slow disclosure that will be better for society from this position. But enough of Loeb, for now, let's list the other people on the council and then look deeper at just a few.
Prof. Liberty Vittert Capito: data analysis and statistics:
Prof. Carol Cleland: anomaly identification:
Dr. Richard Cloete: data analysis and AI tools
Dr. Omer Eldadi: data management, AI, and human psychology
Dr. Tim Gallaudet: oceanography:
Prof. Robin Hanson: statistics and economics
Ross Howard: communication:
Dr. Kevin Knuth: physics and instrumentation:
Ben Lamb: oceanography and biology:
Dr. Devesh Nandal: numerical analysis and astrophysics
Dr. Garry Nolan: molecular bilogy and materials science
Dr. Michael Shermer: the study of anomalies
Dr. Peter Skafish: anthropology
Prof. Matthew Szdagies: instrumentation and data collection:
Dr. Jennice Vilhauer: quantitative psychology
(hope I spelled all those right)
Some optimistic people think this this group, many of which are believers, will bring about disclosure, fast or slow. Some people think the president/admin is starting his own group because the entrenched, deep state, is resisting (and they've recruited Jake Barber's Skywatcher Team and their "Dog-whistle machine and psychic assets as well to do just that). Some people think this is just a PR move to placate the public and not much will come of it on purpose with the hope interest will die down, and so on. Maybe if there's disclosure related to this group there will be some great ensemble movie about their efforts?
Let's take a brief look at some of these people in no particular order:
First, Dr. Peter Skafish. He is a co-founder of The Sol Foundation and has been active in research and faculty positions world-wide. He believes this is a good faith effort and even talks about disclosure coming. At 19min in the video below he says this is about as fast as you want disclosure to go and he wouldn't mind if it went a little more slow. That sounds very affirmative about disclosure happening (and all it's implications). Also, what does he know or expect as a reaction if he wants it to go more slow? Here's the video:
The UFO Occupants: Living Beings, Avatars or AI? | Peter Skafish
Prof. Carol Cleland has been quoted as saying "It's clear to me that UAPs are not illusory. They are real phenomena." Here's the APA (American Philosophical Association) article interviewing her in which she says that quote and more:
Interview with Carol Cleland: Extraterrestrial Technology? | Blog of the APA
For those of you following this stuff pretty well you know Dr. Tim Gallaudet. A Ph.D in oceanography and ret. Rear Admiral, he testified to congress, under oath, saying "Confirmation that UAPs are interacting with humanity came for me in January 2015 when I was serving as the Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command..." He has since said more such as, ""UAP technology is the work of non-human intelligence" and is featured in "The Age of Disclosure." Here's an article from 2026 in which he says that latter quote:
High-speed Flying Object ‘Not of Human Origin’
Dr. Kevin Knuth. He's professor of physics with over 100 published peer-reviewed publicans and over 100 presentations in 18 countries has straight up said that the government has known aliens are here since 1961. He attributes much of his UFO beliefs to the somewhat dry, encyclopedic work of Robert Hastings who wrote, "UFOs and Nukes," which I've written about before. This interview with Dr. Knuth is really good, but does go past the nuts and bolts of there are things visiting us and into things like abductions and whatnot:
NASA Physicist: The Government Has Known Aliens Are Here Since 1961 | Dr. Kevin Knuth (as I mentioned in the beginning, this video is really good)
Dr. Gary Nolan from Stanford has come out and said "100%" aliens have visited earth. Go the the 2min 20 second part for the 100 percent statement:
"100%" Aliens Have Already Arrived -Dr. Garry Nolan & Alex Klokus | SALT iConnections New York
Also, it important to note the Nolan as been mentioned in discussion of winning a Noble by some and has been cited as an author in 559 publications and won numerous awards, Stanford Lifetime Achievement, etc...
Of course, there are other people, I am just covering a few of them. I will mention that Michael Shermer is a skeptic who I think goes through quite the contortions at times to dismiss events like the "Tic Tac" incident. Remember the "Tic Tac" incident was a UFO seen by David Fravor, and three other pilots in 2004. First is was tracked by the radar team in the CIC of the USS Princeton, using it's SPY-1 radar including Senior Chief Operations Specialist Kevin Day, Petty Officer 3rd class Jason Turner, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Gary Voorhis (all of whom have now come forward) as well as other onlookers watching objects drop from 80,000 ft to sea level in under a second and moving at up to 45,000mph with over 12,000 Gs. It would be easy to think the radar was broken except when they tasked multiple F-18s to the location they saw the object and even have FLIR video of it. Shermer smugly thinks these pilots (with radar support) might have got caught up in their stories, or it could have been secret military tech (pulling 12,000Gs unannounced in an active training range?) or some type of other perceptual anomaly. It seems he's to be the foil to the whole undertaking.
Then there's Robin Hanson who is highly credentialed. However, his theory of "grabby aliens" and other ideas about alien culture are, in many people's opinions (including mine), much too presumptuous and anthropomorphic about what might alien civilizations be motivated by. In the only interview I've seen with him, I found him overconfident. Maybe in time I will refine that 1st impression.
That's if for now.
However, we have 4 new members to the group. They are Mark Stewart, brothers Steven Knight and Geoff Knight, and a friend from Eric's work. Welcome. Feel free to read and watch what you want, contribute as you would like, send me suggestions or ideas, skip all that you want, just junk my emails, list me as Spam, or ask me to not include you.
Lastly, I mentioned this before, but for our 4 new members, I have been going back and archiving my old emails on my website, ufohorizons.com The links don't have pictures and the formatting is kind of funky with just copy paste, but for now that's how they are. I'll clean them up later, but later might be a long time from now.
Lots of Care,
Sam Kochel
On Monday, August 10, 2026 at 09:42:25 PM PDT, Sam Kochel <swkochel@yahoo.com> wrote:
1. I thought I would show you guys this:
Here's the article:
America Is Finally Taking Extraterrestrials Seriously
This is not a BIG BIG deal, but it's a deal.
2. The other reason is I wanted to start a new email to base future ones with Kevin Tien's email in the group. Hey Kevin, welcome to my UFO working group, where I occasionaly send large emails covering elements of the UFO phenomenon and related issues and everyone is free to read, of dismiss as much of it as they want.
Sam
August 9th, 2026
Hello UFO Working Group:
As always this will have a lot of links, and as always skip any links or videos or even just the whole thing:
First. I spun off my UFO stuff from my normal website, SamKochel.com, onto it's own website: UFOhorizons.com I want to thank my webmaster: Herbet Sommer (present here) for helping me: what dedication to the cause he has! ;) Here's a link to the site, but it sure needs a lot of work: perfect for days I have nothing to do at work on my prep period!
Second, yesterday the Department of Defense ("War" for now) and the White House released their 5th Tranche of UFO files. People are still looking for that amazing video that will tip the scales to be released and it's not there yet and there are theories why: soft disclosure takes time, stonewalling by the "deep state"/intelligence communities, it doesn't exist, and the aliens say we're not ready yet and so on. However, some of the real meat in this 5th Tranche is the reports (though videos are not terrible). Military pilots seeing a massive black triangle at night, a C-130 crew seeing 25 orb-like objects moving at up to 1.7 Mach and reacting to them firing weapons at their targets (not the orbs), memos from the FBI of missing time encounters and black triangles and so on.. Below is a video by perhaps the most trusted name in Ufology, Richard Dolan:
video notes: I would suggest you watch the 2min 50 second mark. More orbs, just like the Foo Fighters from WW2. Similar thing and way too many witnesses to be liars. Note the second incident at about the 12min 15sec mark, is of a a Navy pilot seeing something that was radar tracked at 3,800 knots (roughly 4,370mph -twice the Blackbird's top speed). The object responded to his maneuvers and there was a similar encounter days later. More the object was visually tracked by the pilot as well as the radar. A little after 23min in Dolan talks about 2 military pilots seeing a giant black triangle flying over them. The triangle was steady and silent, just like so very many other people have reported to have seen black triangles. The FBI investigated this report and talked to the two pilots who stuck to their story. There are more stories from the FBI with U.S. soldiers seeing black flying triangles from redacted FBI documents released in this 5th Tranche. I won't go on about the other incidents, but they are related in the video.
UAP Tranche 5: If You Think There’s Nothing Here, Look Again
Finally on this, I could write a whole email and barely scratch the enormity of the black triangle phenomenon. Some UFO people think it's a ARV (Alien Reproduction Vehicle) made fully, or partly, by humans using or inspired by alien engineering. Often it's called the "TR-3B 'Black Manta'" when thought of from that perspective. Dylan Borland testified to Congress under-oath seeing on fly over him while in the Air Force on duty at his base as a former spatial intelligence specialist at Langley. Regardless, there have been many many black triangle sightings. Here's an article about his experience and more in Starts and Strips:
Next, Eric wrote me about the news about Ukrainian scientists reporting UFOs near the moon, and so I thought I would address that here for everyone (and of course, Eric, you can invite your coworker to join my email list):
First I'll start off with the ResearchGate link from Eric's text here:
(PDF) UFO Dynamics on the Moon
What it talks about is 3 scientists from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine have taken high-speed video recordings of the sky near the moon and found disc-shaped anomalies that are huge (25-40 km) moving up to 11 kilometers per second.
Here is another preprint from them from about 1 year earlier with some data you can see. They said some of the UFOs were seemingly anchored in place and others moved across the surface (but not on it) Some of them were hundreds of meters, other up to 40km! They said their color was "virtually indistinguishable from the Moon" and hard to detect. Here's the link:
Their interesting conclusion is that the moon serves as a base for UFOs. None of this stuff has been peer-reviewed yet. Of note there has been quite a history of different objects that seem like flying machines operating around the moon, and the first of these two links has some references to that in the introductory part of their paper.
Here is a yahoo article talking not just about their findings: but also why mainstream science isn't jumping onboard (I'll put of summary of those points below if you don't want to read the article):
Ukrainian Scientists Claim 20+ Giant UFOs Near the Moon – Experts Push Back
One thing is none of this is yet peer reviewed officially. These 3 researchers have a history of looking for UFOs and some of their earlier work was not up to standards according to their own institution. That is referring to a 2022 paper about "phantoms," dark objects moving at extremely high velocities (black triangles anyone?). Another issue with their work is that is was single station data with no other or independent equipment or researchers being brought in.
Hopefully we'll get some more researchers and some more data collected to see what's what in this case. As of now I think it's interesting, but it's something for me to pin up on the bulletin board and circle back to it later.
However, when you have enough pins on the bulletin board you can start linking them with strings like a detective, or a stark-mad crazy person with delusions (pick your metaphor). This brings us to...the moon.
We know that in the second to last UFO drop from the department of defense/war there was weird lights seen from the moon in a triangle pattern by Apollo 17 astronauts. This triangle pattern of lights (craft) has been reported all over the world.
UFO files: What did the Apollo 17 astronauts see on the moon?
Here's an article saying they saw more than just 3 dots from CBS News:
Speaking of astronauts, both Edger Mitchel and Gordan Cooper both testified we're not alone. However, Mitchell says he was told his in confidence by government insiders. Cooper, who said in 1951 a formation of disc out-performed his f-86 jet, later told the UN to take UFOs seriously and that governments were suppressing the info for fear of panic.
Back to the moon, some people really hang onto the moon's "weirdness" to claim it's artificial:
-it's really big compared to earth at a ratio that outpaces other moons that we know of
-it's oddly in place to give us almost perfect eclipses
-the density of the moon is off what it seems it should be
Here is a video from one of my favorite YouTubers whom I've linked before, The Angry Astronaut, talking about the Ukraine research and further points of view on how the moon seems strange given the prevailing idea that a mars sized object struck the earth to spin off the moon. There's also good videos (which maybe all be hoaxes) showing ship-looking objects traveling across the moon.
Insane! Astronomers spot huge UFOs orbiting the Moon!
For a little more fun, here is the excellent channel The Why Files and two of it's videos on the moon.
This first one is about the moon possibly being a hollow spaceship or base. At the end he debunks some stuff, but concludes the moon is weird (not that important to watch, but fun and not terrible):
The Moon Revealed: It's a Hollow Spaceship, so who built it and why?
This one I like even better and has more interesting claims and less debunking of them and leads me to wonder more. It's the idea that there is an alien base on the far side of the moon (fun but please don't watch unless you really want to):
The Dark Side of the Moon | Alien Activity and the NASA Cover-Up
A quick aside. The Crop Circles video by The Why Files is REALLY good. I would HIGHLY recommend it. Here's the link:
Aliens & Espionage: Crop Circles and the CIA Coverup | They Don't Want You to Know
Finally, if you want to get really spacey (pun intended), there are remote viewers who said they've "gone" to the moon and know that it's a hollow base for aliens or similar related claims. Here's a small list of these psychics: Ingo Swann, Courtney Brown (from the Farsight Institute), and I think a few more from Farsight. One of the more convincing remote viewers is Pat Priace who claimed there were alien bases at Mount Hayes in Alaska (where a lot of people have disappeared), Moutn Perdido in Spain, Mount Nyangani in Zimbabwe, and Mount Zeil in Australia. But I'll save him for perhaps a different email about bizarre stuff on the fringe of the fringe.
I don't know much about The Farsight Institute yes, but supposedly they use a good protocol (according to people into the subject of psychic powers) for not getting false positives.
Here is a video about Ingo Swann who worked for the CIA and his claims of aliens on the moon (more moon fun, but not that important to watch, unless your getting into learning about remote viewing--which I am NOT saying I believe in):
Alien Bases On The Moon | The Amazing True Story of Ingo Swann
Next, this email has inspired me to write about Dr. Beatriz Villarroel and her team looking at about 2,000 plates of photos from space from the Palomar Sky Survey, all pre-Sputnik. They report seeing transit objects that are there and then not there days, sometimes just a hour, later. Or not there, then there, and then not there. Over 100,000 have transits have been found by her and her team. Some of then are in what seems like clusters, even formations: super interesting. Her works has gone through peer review and is being taken seriously by many. You can see in the links.
Here is a link from Oxford Academic publishing her work:
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/3/6312/7457759
Here's another from PubMed:
Exploring nine simultaneously occurring transients on April 12th 1950 - PubMed
The transits were more likely to appear during nuclear testing (when it was done back then), which supports much of the evidence that UFOs are interested in our nuclear incidents and capabilities (both weapons and accidents) Here's a video on this stuff from The Angry Astronaut (pretty good video and not too long):
I'M SHOCKED! UFO researcher Beatriz Villarroel got thrown under the bus by Avi Loeb!
And if you want something in video form that's more academic here is a video featuring Villarroel, being praised and discussed by Dr. Gary Nolan from Stanford who has many accolades (pretty darn good video, but longer):
Dr. Beatriz Villarroel with Dr. Garry Nolan: UAP Detected in Orbit Before Satellites
As of now the Dr. Villarroel stuff seems more solid than the Ukrainian stuff, but the Ukrainian stuff sure makes bigger claims.
There's always more to write and there's so much stuff going on, but that's it for now. Rock on everyone.
Sam
On Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 12:51:23 PM PDT, Sam Kochel <swkochel@yahoo.com> wrote:
This is the same email I sent before, but just given a quick proof-read.
Here's the link below of the Dr. Phil podcast interview I am talking about:
Psychology of Disclosure: The Conversation No One's Having
So, I just found this from 2 days ago (I am slipping). Dr. Phil is talking with his guest, Dr. Janice Vilhauer a clinical psychologist who has taught at UCLA , Emory, and Columbia, about a variety of disclosure related subjects: mostly getting ready for it. Dr. Phil talks about how he was once an "open skeptic" who is now is convinced in the phenomenon, and believes disclosure is coming. Remember he's friends with Trump, and said after the last file drop that Trump gave him exclusive access to the last file drop before it was put out there and in the video says he has "an active dialogue" with President Trump. Dr. Phil, after talking about Trump, says there are much better videos and much more information than what's being released.. About 10:00min in Dr. Phil says he thinks there's been a psyop to discredit the phenomenon in the past. Other than that the video goes on to talk about preparing the citizens psychologically and otherwise for disclosure: which Dr. Phil thinks in happening, slowly, by design.
My take:
It could be as simple as Dr. Phil has been curious enough to look, into and reflect, upon the information with an "open skeptical" mind and he's come to the conclusion most people come to when looking enough: some type of non-human intelligence is interacting with our planet.
It could very well be that knowingly or unknowingly he is part of the soft disclosure. Dr. Phil has a large audience and much of that is a demographic that would be good to prepare for disclosure so we don't have too much panic: hording, cult-like behavior, fear-mongering scams, a mental-health crises on a large scale, anti-government riots, and so on. Note, by unknowingly, I mean he's been fed information, knowing that he would probably talk about it.
I don't know which of those two I think is more likely...maybe the second by a margin.
It does seem the whole thing is picking up some speed and the word disclosure might be something that will be synonymous with UFOs. "Hey, Gary, do you really think there will be a government disclosure?" will be clear in context such that Gary won't have to ask, "Disclosure of what?" We are seeing more and more scientist and academics talking about it now: which is exciting.
Another former skeptic I've been watching videos featuring is Diana Pasulka. I think most of you will like these links coming up. Some of you may have heard about her (Chris D?)? She got her M.A. from Graduate Theological Union and a Ph.D from Syracuse. She's a professor of religious studies at University of North Carolina Wilmington and was the chair of the department of Philosophy and Religion and is also writer. She is also a practicing Roman Catholic. (much of this came from Wikipedia btw).
Here's her website:
D.W. Pasulka - Author, Educator, Speaker
She wasn't really into UFOs, but focused mostly on Catholicism, religious experiences, and beliefs about the afterlife. Her specialty was how people created meaning around extraordinary experiences. She says she noticed similarities between historical religious experiences, which she knew about already, and UFO encounter reports when studying meaningful extraordinary experiences. A turning point for her (and for many) was when she was interviewing more and more scientist, engineers, pilots, etc.. who took UFO experiences seriously and then started taking trips to the Vatican archives and Vatican Observatory but not at first as a believer, but a researcher. She's been hesitant to say openly there is a non-human intelligence visiting us...but seems to be leaning more and more this way. Interestingly to me she also is now more interested in NDEs (Near-Death Experiences) and there is a section in this long interview with Ph.D neuroscientist and actor Mayim Bialik talking about these a little.
So here's the link. I think many of you will find this interview interesting, but I think Chris Decean will certainly like it, in particular in that she's a practicing Roman Catholic and talks about limits of Materialism, Catholic views on Aliens, Plato's Cave, lots of old texts and lots of sci-fi, and whatnot. But again, I think most of us in this group like most of this stuff.
UFOs in Religion: Hidden Link Between Ancient “Miracles” and Modern Aliens | Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka
Finally, here she is talking with Leslie Kean. Lean is an author and the journalist who wrote the famous 2017 NYT article blowing the UFO subject open for many people. This video is talking about UAP/UFOs and the afterlife. Kean wrote a whole book on the subject of NDEs and was separately interested in UFOs and later started seeing the connection between the two. I know I already sent a whole thing about about NDEs and UFOs, but I wanted to send a little more about Pasulka here. I would read the little description about the video in the grey box: it's good. The comments are interesting too. Also, I think Pasulka in a video I watched recently (there's been so many videos) said that at first fundamentalist were really opposed to NDEs and repressed them because all of the experiencers say they get the impression there really is no hell. And we all know that most all the fundamentalist really focus on the belief in hell. (this video is short):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glBw825jE7Y&t=45s
That's all for now. Mantis stuff coming up eventually.
Sam
Hello UFO people,
-As always feel free to skip this until your ready, or just delete it, and to follow the links or not, to watch the videos, or not. Or maybe just dive in and jam through it all and enjoy: haha Also, sorry for not editing it more.
This will all get around to UFO stuff. Hang in there, you'll see. But there is going to be a lot of "woo" in this one:
Since H.S. I've been quite interested in Near Death Experiences and started reading about them in college. More recently, I’ve read a few hundred of them on NDERF (Near-Death Experience Research Foundation).
https://www.nderf.org/?lang=en
I've also been watching more on NDE accounts YouTube, both academic channels of people who study them at universities and people's personal channels as well. All very interesting. My conviction rate is pretty high that these people are experiencing something many would call supernatural, but it's not 100%. There are too many serious people to think they are all liars, but they could be delusional I suppose? I am sure a few are indeed liars though. Here's a story about a boy who "died" and came back saying he went to Christian Heaven, and a best-selling Christian book was written about it. Later he admitted he lied for the attention
But most never write books, make money or recant. A story I find particularly compelling is the story of Johnathan Ashford. He "died" from sepsis and said he went to the other side, was filled with love and shown things and then choose to come back, just to be helpful. That makes sense to me, I like to help people I love. Most NDE people say after their experience they know that there is life after death and many say reality "there" was more real than here.
When Johnathan Ashford came back (I will just call him Johnathan from here on out to save time), he started giving talks, doing live zoom calls and publishing a webpage. He does accept donations, but doesn't charge for any of it. He does personalized 1 on 1 zoom calls (booked over a year ahead) and weekly zoom group zoom calls and doesn't charge for either. When I saw him speak he didn't charge (the venue charged $20, but it could be waived if you choose to), and spent nearly 5 hours just answering questions. I find this all very compelling. There are some other very compelling cases out there: Eben Alexander, Pam Reynolds, Anita Moorjani, and so many more. All "come back" with similar (not the same) experiences, and those who were gone longer have more similar beliefs and values when they come back, focusing on loving others and service to them and the planet. I'll put in a link to Johnathan's website which also has links to some of his videos you YouTube (which can also be found directly on YouTube).
One other thing I should mention that I find compelling, you'll see in some of his videos, is he will say things like "this will ruffle some feathers" and then say something that might be adverse to the sentiment of many in the crowd. He's talked about the importance of suffering, how abortion is not a loving act (more on that down below), and told one guy there are no real spirit guides in the sense that there is at base level nothing truly separate in spirit, even though the guy was getting testy about it and I've seen in videos of his Q&As him tell people other things that might not have sat well with them. He's does this all very calmly and kindly, but he doesn't seem to be just feeding people what they came/want to hear.
https://www.jonathanashford.com/
This is the best "short" video of him speaking I've seen so far:
The near death experience of Jonathan Ashford
Here's an aritlcle I threw in about doctors and NDEs. There are many more, but nothing conclusive.
Why more doctors are validating near-death experiences
What five decades of research has taught us about surviving death.
Interestingly, (and this is something I might have shared before), a psychic for Jake Barber's UFO Sky-Watcher Group said a message he got from communicating with "the orbs" is that they told him, "you can best understand us as coming from what you would call the afterlife" and later something to the effect of "it's different from what you think" (this second quote I am paraphrasing). I'll put a link below. This is interview is from one of my favorite UFO channels, which I use to think was too out there. But if you get past his low production value and passion, he makes good points and only seems to publish when there is something to say. Also notice how former special operator and BJJ black belt, Jake Barber has psychic "assets" on his team and how well put together and non "woo" the psychic guy seems. Here's the video:
Inside Skywatcher: Psionic Asset James Hodgkins Breaks His Silence
I remember listening to a UFO channel maybe last year and a former insider said what he learned was that to understand UFO stuff you have to understand Psi phenomenon (at least to some extent). We know already that virtually ALL communication people from all over have said they've had with from UFOs or otherwise "supernatural" entities is telepathic, and according to others that's how the craft are flown as well: with telepathy. So maybe there are people who have somehow been contacted and had messages relayed to them? If not, there sure are a bunch of high-ranking liars out there.
So when Johnathan started talking about seeing orbs and getting messages from them on Saturday, it set me straight up in my chair. He said something big is coming soon, which is what many channelers have said on YouTube, and that makes me either think they're all just saying what we want to hear to make money, or it's actually real, or it's a coincidence, or their in an echo chamber. I am guessing some actually think they are right, and many others are con people? Interestingly, many of these people are saying that as soon as 2026/27 disclosure is coming. More interestingly, Dan Farah, they guy who made "Age of Disclosure" said he expects disclosure by the end of 2026:
BOMBSHELL: Dan Farah Guarantees UFO Disclosure By End of Year
Now "UFO people" have made similar claims about imminent disclosure in the past, but this is a guy who made a documentary filled with high-ranking government people, and did a pretty good, non-sensationalistic job. In interviews he's clearly grounded and sane and doesn't make claims like aliens talk to him or whatnot. He says he has it on inside information. and it's important to note a lot of the best researchers on say that there are plenty of people that talk to them "off the record" and say things like, "you're on the right track," or "we have craft and bodies," etc... But researchers don't/can't report this as it's just hearsay from anonymous sources who will never come out if they're betrayed, etc... So when Dan Farah, Johnathan and a host of others are saying disclosure is coming soon, maybe it is? IDK. I told my wife if there's no big movement by end of 2027, I am sidelining this interest/hobby/passion/obsession (pick your word).
Johnathan, and others, from inside and outside NDE space, have made it sound like the infinite divine/source/it/God is in everything (it is infinite), and we are projections of it like fingers on a hand, experiencing and learning lessons from our life here on earth. "Earth School" is a term that is getting more traction some of you maybe have heard it used more lately. That we keep coming back to learn and experience, but if we can divorce ourselves from our egos enough we can connect with our deeper self, the part that never dies and is more connected, or part of, source: our soul so to speak. Interestingly, a lot of what he said/says is similar to what people like the famous Buddhist teacher Alan Watts, the Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, some DMT and ayahuasca psychonauts, some channelers I've just had fun listening to, and many major religions have taught. Johnathan's metaphor early on during Saturday was that we are like fingers on a hand with the hand being source/it/God, and later saying we're like the rays coming off the sun, with the sun being source/God and it's loving in a way that is indescribable.
I am going to say a bunch more about what Johnathan communicated on Saturday for those who are interested at the end of this. However, I know that what Johnathan says and NDEs might not be everyone's cup of tea while interesting to others. So before I go into that experience of being there at the event, I'll present some more UFO stuff. There's always too much to talk about, so it's just some.
Speaking of "just some," there is one last thing that Johnathan, and Darryl Anka (a guy who says he can channel an "alien presence") say, and that is that there is some stuff we're not not suppose to know yet, or that they can't tell us yet. In Johnathan's talk there were certain questions about the future and/or "the big thing" coming that he said he may be able to talk about soon (but not yet). Here's the interesting connection with UFOs. These "woo woo" people NDEs experiencers, channelers, etc... who seem like decent people are saying there's stuff they can't talk about, and there are UFO researchers who sometimes seem like they stop being so open, fall off, or seem to otherwise retreat from the field. People accuse them of having sold out, or that the government "got to them." I wonder, if there is a truth, a good or bad truth, that is compelling enough that once we learn of it it really isn't in the interest of humanity to share it at this time? Maybe that's why the cover-up persists so effectively and all over the world? Maybe any decent person or government would know it should be covered up. There some who postulate that NHI are really the ones asking the governments to work on their timeline. Crazy stuff to even type, but fun to wonder about. Supposedly we're all finding out soon(ish), and according to some of the "woo woo" people we're going to be splitting into those who are willing to raise our vibrations (or something like that, whatever it means), and those who just aren't. Johnathan also, many times, during his talk (not just with "UFO stuff" -which was very sparse) said that living the way he suggested will alienate you from others, and certainly no more so than when this "big change" is comes. He said he's lost friends and family to his beliefs and the life he lives now. He also says it's all going to be o.k. after the chaos. Note: he also seemed to imply that most of this stuff (maybe all) is interdimensional (for sure the orbs). He also said something I didn't get in context about recovered crafts almost being like source gave us toys to play with.
More UFO stuff:
Trump seems to be relating now that former contractors and officials can now come forward and report all they know about UFOs/UAPs without repercussions. But it has to be coming forward and talking with the Trump admin, not the free press. This would be, perhaps, the whistleblower protection that people like Anna Paulina Luna has been looking for. This news is from just this week. However, they all could have done it in the past but many felt the office of ARRO (All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office), was not working in their best interest. But the old director people didn't like is out, and the new guy seems legit say UFO researchers.
Also, UFO reports seem to have gone up a lot. Is this because there is less stigma? Is it because it's more in popular culture and more people believing they're seeing them? Is it because, as some say, the NHI is pushing the agenda by showing up more, and we are just trying to get the world ready for something the government already knows which is the NHI are pushing the timeline, so the governments better try to get us ready. Some of the more "woo" people have said this is part of how disclosure will go down: more sightings just to get more people ready, then disclosure, then open contact, first with hybrids (already living on earth), then the Nordics, and later more exotic beings as we acclimate. Just typing that feels like I've lost my mind, hopefully if all this is nonsense I can be successfully deprogrammed: haha. One more thing, the area off/around Catalina Island is suppose to be a hot spot. However, I have spent a lot time at Catalina (my grandfather use to live there) and I never saw or heard of anyone seeing anything. Also, speaking of my grandfather. When he was dying of cancer he told my mom he was scared because he saw a white hand reaching out to grab him. She asked it it was threatening and he said it was peaceful and beautiful, but freaked him out. I think there are probably a lot of stories like this floating around that never get reported. Doesn't make them true, but I am wondering about them more and more.
Pivoting back to Johnathan and UFOs. On Saturday, after a lady asked a question that led to him talking about orbs, he said he went out to the desert with some "high level" people to contact orbs. Later I asked him about this as part of my longish one question and told him I know that Rep. Steve Burlison said that he was briefed on an event that occurred in which UFOs were summoned not long ago and that many credible "top intelligence" people ,and those types were there, and it was clearly a great success that was undeniable. He said he got the briefing on this and that the briefing he got is "the briefing everyone wants" on The Hill now. Here's a video of him talking about this:
Burlison says Summoning orbs has changed the conversation. Briefs are being requested!
In addressing my question, Johnathan said he couldn't say who was there, but it was type of people I am thinking of and more. He said there was also a person(s) from the Vatican, and he couldn't say more, yet. This is not nearly the first time The Vatican has been brought up in conjunction with UFOs. The main story is that on June 13th, 1933 the Vatican recovered a UFO from Magenta Italy and after WW2, gave it to the U.S. Many people in the UFO space believe this to be true. Among them is David Grusch:
David Grusch calls out the Vatican over the Magenta 1933 UFO Crash Retrieval - Psicoactivo #1090
There are other instances in which The Vatican has been named as a institution that at some level knows more than they are letting on yet about what's what with UFOs. Here's Danny Sheehan a lawyer and former legal counsel to the Jesuit U.S. national HQ talking about how the Catholic Church knows more and calling them to lead:
Will Pope Leo open secret Vatican UFO files? | Banfield
So that's the first end to this email. Now I am going to attempt to describe more of how my event with Johnathan Ashford went. It's going to be a little messy relative to other things I type, (as in messier). If the Johnthan stuff doesn't interest you, no worries thanks for making it this far!
Sam
Part 2:
So on Saturday I drove to the Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club to see Johnathan speak. There was no books, or "spiritual" jewelry or anything else anyone was trying to sell and I thought was a good omen: haha. The audience was probably 60% female and mostly in their 40s-70s, with a few exceptions perhaps. I sat by an "interesting" lady who quizzed me on what I was there to learn and claimed she was a former Stanford M.D. who decided all that was meaningless and that I need to listen to the space between the words, not the words themselves, so I stopped listening to her: haha. Later, she twice for a brief period leaned her head on my shoulder, I am not making this up. I don't know what kind of deep wisdom she was there for? :) The event was was smallish and maybe 300 or so people. It was scheduled from 1-5pm. On a small stage a woman interviewed Johnathan for about 30 min. Then there was a Q&A with the audience that lasted the rest of the time. After about 1 hour and a half a lady before me asked about orbs in the sky and she was the first to ask a UFO related question. I asked my question later and those were the only 2 UFO questions. Most were about lessons on suffering, why were here, how to live better, what do dreams mean, etc....
So while my one question was about orbs, disclosure and other recent government statements, DMT (and the entities), meditation and how do all of those things intersect. I had other questions prepared as not knowing the format didn't know how much time I would get to ask: turns out it was one each: which was fine. However, I had typed up:
-"How do you know this wasn't a delusion?
-"Why can't you, or other NDE people, bring back proof of your experience: like a new invention, or an answer to a scientific mystery? Something that can be verified or close to it."
and
-"Do some people really have psychic powers" If so why isn't there any scientific evidence to show things like remote viewing, channeling, telepathy? Seems the first and last one would be easy to verify in a controlled setting."
So my messy notes are below. For each statement you could fill in me saying something like "if this stuff is true." I am certainly not a 100% believer. You could probably learn more from some of his videos: here's one I like in which the host doesn't try to "join in" too much.
Jonathan Ashford | Near Death Experiencer | LIVE AT UNITY OF DALLAS
So on with my messy notes:
-He's not big into free will and related that "how you express yourself in love" and how you observe and witness the unfolding of the universe is about the extent of your free will. He made it seem like life is like reading a book (my analogy) and your free will is how you care, feel, and reflect on it: but none of that will change the contents of the book.
-He said something about there being no"spirit guides" separate from you once you truly free yourself. He was addressing a guy who insisted their were spirit guides, and Johnathan said calmly that everything seemingly separate are really manifestations of one thing at a fundamental level. (I think I am getting that right?)
-He said all the religions and spiritual practices were like "fish hooks" dangling from a ceiling that catch us and reel us in closer to the truth. But to truly pass through the ceiling we have to let go of the hook eventually: or we just come back here. Many NDE people say we reincarnate. They say, we choose to come here to work on certain things and have certain experiences and to grow. However, most NDE people just see themselves looking down at their body, maybe a light and a tunnel and then they're shortly back in their bodies. It's a smaller amount that have these much longer experiences with life reviews, feeling love as some indescribable scale, and being shown/communicated information.
-He said there is a divine masculine and a divine feminine and together they make the whole. But here on earth we've often had powerful groups in government and religion push down the divine feminine for reasons of control. He said it was easy to see this in the writing in the bible, and what has been left out of it. I would have liked him to be more specific here.
-He said what we think of as evil and suffering serves a purpose to allow there to be growth.. Alan Watts the Buddhist teacher said something similar; that "suffering is a teacher." Johnathan also said that for some of us, part of our role is to help other people grow by, often unintentionally, putting them in a position where they can learn to overcome suffering. He said we're not here to be "light against the dark" but to transcend them both. In another video he said that are no "evil" and "good" people or something like that but there are loving acts and non loving acts (I think that was it?)
-More, he said suffering gives us the opportunity to become love. To choose existence here is to choose suffering and the desire to stop it and to understand why there is suffering is the way to stop suffering. (I think I am getting those notes right: I have messy writing).
-He said our ego is our teacher in that is causes us suffering. It's especially good at teaching us stuff when you can step away and look at it. But it's alike a 3 year old and will throw a tantrum when we try. However, if you love and accept your ego from a distance, it will calm it down.
-He said that the divine is always with us and that it taps us on the shoulder, so to speak, and sometimes we hear it, sometimes not (we even shut it out). If we don't hear it or move to it (something like that) it'll just keep tapping, sometimes harder.
-He said that our role in the fist 3 to 4 years of life as a father is to just be loving. (someone asked a question about loving children vs. discipline if I remember correctly)
-He said there are spiritual centers like Sedona and Moad, but they are not necessary (for some extra transcendence?).
-I already mentioned he said we're like rays off the sun and source is the sun that loves us and sets up this little play and our costumes for us to play here (his words, but not a quote), but source is always with us. He further said that source/it (he used those two terms the most) has no ego and doesn't want worship. That if we just acknowledge it, for our own sake, we'll be better off, and someday we'll experience it again (when we die) and we'll laugh when we do. (I think he means we'll laugh in that our lives here so are short and we take them sometimes so heavily, despite the short speck of time they are).
-Next, he said abortions are not a loving act and doesn't condone them. He didn't make it sound like murder, and said something along the lines of you have no idea what a soul came to earth to experience or not (I think he was talking about the aborted fetus), but that it's best if you act lovingly to others. This all started because someone asked about when souls enter the body and I think he said pretty quickly, but there is no ego yet. Finally, he said even though abortions are planned (again I think he's saying we have a plan to our life when we come here: something very very many NDE people say), it's still unloving.
-He said physical boundaries (and separations) aren't' what you think they are in regards to being loving. He said our loving effects everything. So that sitting in a chair at home sending out pure love to all is better than giving out food to one poor person. He seemed to also say that this is a type of praying and it effects all of us.
-He said we are better off when we surrender to the divine presence in all of us by getting out of the way (I think he means out of the way of our ego). Drugs (I think he means things like DMT), meditation, and NDEs have been things that have allowed that, but simply being aware, having gratitude and love is a path, and a type of prayer. He says he sees more than most because his NDE and now he's preparing & helping. More, that we should release definitions to experience more. And that orbs aren't "orbs" and there is so much more that we can't see or understand. He said something to the effect of we only understand like 1/2 of a % of what's going on. Maybe it was way less than that, I didn't write that part down.
-Another thing he said, that I've heard from so very many NDE experiencers, is that on the other side we relive our lives from the point of view of the others we interacted with and see how our behaviors impacted them. This life review from others point of view is seemingly, not as some kind of punishment (or reward), but more like a consequence and acknowledgement of interconnection I think?
-He said on the other side color is a being, that pretty much everything is a "being." I might have missed some notes here, and maybe even the context. There were many times I was still thinking about the last answer he gave or what question I would ask and the details of how I would phrase it that I know I missed some stuff.
-He said that on the other side we are love, but on this side we get to be/experience love (loving?) and that that's the gift. I think he's saying that it's our fundamental state of being on the other side, but here we get to feel it through separation, choice, vulnerability. Here we get to reunite, risk rejection, choose to care, choose to forgive, love those who hurt us, etc... I guess it's something we live through rather than live in (or as) I think.
-One really strong moment is when a woman got up and started to cry really hard about her daughter committing suicide only months before and why did this happen. I started to get close to crying, it was very strong and touching. His answer was the he's sorry for her loss, but in truth her daughter is still with her always and that she will be with her daughter again. That she can still talk to her daughter and her daughter will hear her. That suicide is not preferred (I think it's because you're not living out your life and it's "mission"), but there is no hell or punishment.
-He also said something in the affirmative about Deja Vu being meaningful (if I remember correctly), which I found odd as I believe that we've understood the mechanisms of it pretty well and it's just a brain mistake, like forgetting someone's name your just heard, no need to make it some "big" spiritual thing.
-He also said that dreams are sometimes meaningless, but that some are messages from our higher self communicating with us now that our ego is asleep (as sometimes our ego blocks the message/pain, etc...). This I could believe more than the Deja Vu stuff. Also, if you want to communicate this way he suggested keeping a dream journal and look for the message. However, this could also be explained as repressed feelings and wants and desires as well as traumas, not necessarily a spiritual "higher self" thing.
-He said that the part of us that wants to be accepted blocks the part of your that wants to give and have unconditional love for others and ourselves. Also, that when we choose love that's when we're our higher self and there are infinite possibilities around you to tap into this "higher self." This made me think of people like Gandhi and others who seemed very loving but were rejected by many and in his case, killed.
-Interestingly, someone asked him if we should be vegetarians and he said something to the effect that he has no strong stance on that. That will kill microbes with every breath and it's killing is always happening and part of nature and we just don't approve of it when something has fur. I would like to have had the chance to ask about the difference between killing a microbe and an killing something like a whale, a dog or chimp, or some other social emotional animal with sentience. Or ask him about factory farming which leads to killing but involves all kinds of suffering along the way in some cases.
-He said that one of the best, or maybe it was the best, way to get more spiritual and loving was to practice gratitude and see the gift that everything is, even suffering. He also mentioned "little things" to be grateful of like a fork, or the metallurgy that made the fork, or the guy that made the machine the made the fork your holding, etc... That gratitude opens the door to spiritual experiences. He also said the current war is yet another chance for us to be better to evolve our consciousness or something like that.
-He said that everything here serves a purpose to awaken us, and we serve everyone else to awaken them.
-He said there are no hierarchies (in heaven) unless you believe in them and that will keep you coming back here. I think this was again about a false separation we make.
-He said prayer works from the heart and to pray only for love not other outcomes. (I don't recall if by other outcomes he meant things like cars and money, or did he also mean things like wisdom and peace?)
-He said that we try too much to feel good, not divine. But our society sells good feelings rather than divine experiences as you can commoditfy them much easier.
-There is some note I can't read very well here that says something like "Give yourself love when you can't feel love for others, which in itself is impossible & sometimes helpful for them" (I am quoting my own writing here). I think he was saying that sometimes it feels impossible to feel love for someone else and if you just love yourself at those times it might even be good for them. I know he said something about sometimes we hurt other people in ways that are helpful to them and they do the same to/for us. Something about how when we feel frustration that will be a chance for love and forgiveness.
-A very Buddhist type thing he said is, "suffering is created in a searching for an outcome." It was clear he meant our preferred outcome.
-He said something about removing selfishness for clear abilities and deep meditation is an answer. I wish I could remember more what "abilities," but there are stories of people that when they meditate for years can do all types of psychic things like leave their body, remote view, blah blah blah. Very interesting. But why don't we have good evidence of these abilities in controlled settings?
That's all the notes I have, even though there was so much more.
Do I believe all this to be true: no, not yet, maybe someday, maybe never? I do think some of it is wise and that wisdom can come from many places and not at all because you had an NDE or lived meditating on a mountain.
So that's my Johnathan Ashford day. I drove home on the 1 and it was nice and played board games with fiends and had Jiu-Jitsu the next morning and that was great.
It took me a bit to get to this email as I knew it would take a long time to type it.
Thanks, Sam
So in the past I used to sometimes watch a great YouTube channel called "Task and Purpose." The main host was funny, insightful, and talked sharp and fast about military vehicles, strategy, current events. There was some issue and now the main host has his own channel "Cappy Army," which is more of the same. Another great channel. Phil, and Chris Hamming, I think both you you might really like it, but many others here may too.
Anyway, I got in my feed today a brand new video, "Why UFO's Are a Nightmare for National Security.," put out by "Cappy Army." I had no idea it would ever host something like this, and especially such a detailed and well-done one. So "team believer" gets bigger...?). However, while Dr. Phil has about 6.47million subscribers his main YouTube channel, Cappys Army has about 814K.
The video is very good. It's mostly about stuff this last drop of government files confirm and collaborates with past reports and data as well as the trouble radar operators and interceptors have knowing what to do. I think it really picks up about the halfway point. It also highlights documents about the "foo fighters" flying in bizarre, but clearly intelligent, formations during WW2, way before drones. And, like some of you know, Axis and Allies suspected the foo fighters was other side's secret project.
Here's the link to the video. I would recommend it. Nothing too woo in this one...I'll save that for my next email about mantis beings.
Why UFO’s Are a Nightmare for National Security
However, it does go on to further to talk about some of the issues surrounding UFOs and nuclear arsenals. For some of you who might now know UFOs have been seen since the beginning of nuclear testing all the way today sometimes around our nuclear assets, power plants, or even around nuclear disasters like in Japan. They have flown around the missiles, near the underground tests even, and the ocean tests as well. More, they have been seen around our ICBM sites. In his book, "UFOS and Nukes," Robert Hastings tracks down and interviews at least 150 retired military who relayed to him their sightings as ICBM bases. All report extraordinary performance beyond anything they thought possible. Some said the craft were not made by humans and a smaller number asserted they were alien, most said they couldn't even guess what they could be and declined to speculate to Hastings. All of these 150+ people were launch officers, security, radar operators, maintenance and storage people as well, and all were people who choose to talk to him. After the Cold War we had access to find the Soviets had been dealing with the same type of thing.
Importantly, many (maybe even most) of these people were part of the Personnel Reliability Program (PRP). It's a program that continuously keeps track of your mental and physical and emotional health. Also, any stressors are monitored, financial problems or stability and it's continuous. They even have to report taking any prescription drug(s) and why and even some non-prescription drugs like some sleep aids, certain cold medicines at the time, and so one. My point here is that these are really straight arrow people that are unlikely to be the types who would lie, or be easily conned or confused. Here's a link to the book:
Finally, some people suggest UFOs around our nukes are scouting us or "prepping the battlefield." I think this is silly. I would imagine their tech could easily wipe us out in a variety of ways and that our nukes aren't some special silver bullet they have to worry about. I think it's more likely that they don't want to see us and/or our planet destroyed by us being idiots with our dangerous weapons (maybe while trying to take them out). Maybe the NHI (non-human intelligences) aren't our friends, but I don't think they're prepping for a kinetic war. Anyway there are other theories about why they are interested in our nuclear tech
Mostly, I hope some of you watch the video: I thought it was really good.
On June 25th the Disclosure Project hosted an event in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capital Hill in D.C. Disclosure Forum 2026 | Disclosure Foundation (this link has the whole forum on video, but it's over 7 hours long)
Here's a who's who of how was there:
Political:
-Mike Rounds -Republican Senator
-Kirsten Gillibrand -Democratic Senator
-Anna Paulina Luna -Republican U.S. Representative
-Eric Burlison -Republican U.S. Representative
-Andre Carson -Democratic U.S. Representative
-Suhas Subramanyam -Democratic U.S. Representative
Former Government and Military:
-Christoper Mellon -Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under Clinton and Bush
-Admiral Timothy Gallaudet, PhD.D -Rear Admiral (Ret). Former Acting Administrator of he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and former Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Ph.D in oceanography
-Krik McConnel -Former senior staff member for the Senate Armed Services Committee
-Mark von Rennenkampff -Former analyst at the U.S. Department of State
Scientists & Researchers & Policy People
-Jonathan Miller -Program Engineer, Lecturer, & Lead Investigator in Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
-Dr. Jennice Vilhauer -Clinical psychologist with Emory Healthcare and Cedars-Sinai
-Susan Winterberg -Former fellow at Technology and Public Purpose Project at Harvard
-Mike Gold -President of Redwire Space, former NASA Associate Admin
-Pippa Malmgren -Economist and former presidential advisor in George W. Bush admin.
-Dr. Avi Loeb -Professor of Astronomy at Harvard and Director the Galileo Project
-Dr. Hal Puthoff -Physicist and President of EarthTech International. Former senior advisor to the Department of Defense for Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification.
-Dr. Carlos Eire -Professor Emeritus of History and Religious Studies at Yale. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
...I might have missed some people and left out the UFO researchers, some of whom have pretty good credentials themselves.
The main goal was to push for transparency, discuss security implications, organize scientific study into the phenomenon, and discuss responses to further releases of information, particularly at a societal level.
While they didn't come to any immediate conclusions there are some really notable things about this. It was held in Washington D.C. in a fancy pants government building. It was attended by many high-level people from reputable and relevant fields. It was bipartisan, and many of the participants, listed above, had testified (some to Congress, under oath) to the belief of non-human intelligence nature of the phenomenon after their exposure to information they were privy to in their professional roles, or through their investigations and exposure to secure briefings in the case of many of the politicians. People pessimistically say that we'll never get disclosure, or that it always is "just around the corner." Well, this is a corner we haven't stepped foot on before. This seems different. Time will tell if it really is.
Next, here are 2 videos: which you certainly don't have to watch. But the stuff after them is of relevance to conversations I've recently had with some of you and things we all might be wondering some.
The first is a video from Christina Gomez, of a UFO YouTube News Source (that I really think is pretty good). The video is called "Disclosure is Closer than Admitted." Some of the video is dedicated to the event I just mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRXHu_xXz5Y
Here is another summary video of the forum that's pretty good, although I've never heard of this channel before:
UFO Forum Tackles Numerous Disclosure Issues, From Religious Implications to Psychological Impacts
It's at the 18:12 min mark that they start talking about how society will handle disclosure and come to a conclusion that different people will handle it differently and a lot will depend on what is disclosed: this is what I would like to address some here.
First I will state my thesis is that ultimately I think it's hard to know how much panic and disarray there will be because we don't know the full nature of what will be disclosed and discovered, but it's going to be more than "there's aliens," that's for sure.
There are a lot of people who have formed ideas about what disclosure will bring to our societies and how people will react. Will people freak out, or just sigh and go about their business and varieties of in between scenarios.There are theories about planned slow-drip "soft disclosure" and the fear of out of control "catastrophic disclosure." I think a lot will depend on not just those two options but a lot more will depend upon mainly 3 things. 1) the nature of what is disclosed 2) the government's presentation and responses to the news and 3) the individual hearing the news. I want to go over them in the reverse order.
The individual. Everyone has certain beliefs concerning religion, fate, trust in government, belief (or disbelief) in their own abilities, etc.. Everyone has certain levels of emotional intelligence, scientific literacy, historical perspective, mental stability/health, prior interest in relevant fields from UFOs to philosophy, sci-fi, etc...and everyone has prior experiences and support networks that are different (there are probably some aspects I am missing here). Because of this I think we will see varied responses from disbelief, real disbelief ("it's fake news"), resignation, belief in end times, terror, panic and anxiety, awe and wonder, indifference, a feeling of brotherhood with fellow humans, and so on. I am sure I am missing many other potential outcomes and beliefs. It reminds me a little of talking to a distant cousin, who is a therapist, during COVID times. She told me about how many people were needing and wanting therapists: not because they had grief and loss, but because they were freaking out with overwhelming anxiety and panic attacks and so on. It reminds me of COVID and people hoarding toilet paper, not tissue paper for blowing noses, but toilet paper. What seemingly bizarre thing will a critical mass of people start doing that will affect us all, will there be a run on batteries, canned food, tin foil, milk? Will enough people stop going to work because of their fear/beliefs (whatever) that productivity goes down and we fall into a recession or worse (The "Great Recession" -2007 to 09- had unemployment of 10%, and the Great Depression was 25%)? How will markets respond in other ways: will people stop going out to eat as much, will everyone buy guns? It might be that most people will just "get on with it," but if enough people cause problems it could be disruptive such that the other people can't "just get on with it," and there's are a lot of worried, anxious, and unstable people out there. Finally, on this note: I met up with another teacher at my school who found out I was into UFOs. She thinks they are demons, that they can't be aliens because that would go against scripture (this is her take on scripture), which she is very certain is real. She seems to believe something of an end times thing is being heralded by all this and so on. She's really into Jesus, and has been talking to her pastor, to find out what his guidance will be on all of this, especially when we are falsely told they are aliens, not the very demons they are. She also thinks she's been visited and tormented by the greys (again, that are actually demons). I think there are many more like her out there, maybe the details will be different, but even our vice president said he thought they were demons, which he said on the news: there are people who will eat that up as it fits into their paradigm.
JD Vance says he was 'obsessed' with UFOs, believes aliens are actually 'demons'
Some of this will be part of the second thing I mentioned: how the government reacts to the news. A simple example would be that the Republican and Democratic parties can react very differently to the same news. Who will be in power, what plan will they have and how will they frame the issue and with what concerns? What promises will they make, how will they make us feel safe, will enough of the citizenry trust any of those things? and more. And if there are economic disruptions, or social issues will the government have competent, trusted people and programs to get things back on track? Other things related to this will be things like are planes being grounded, will schools be open, will people feel their money is safe, if there is looting or rioting, will that be handled well? If there are marches and protests, how will that go?
However, I think the biggest factor, that might play out more over time, will be, what do we know about them: the NHI (non-human intelligence -as many more people are not quite ready to assert they know they're aliens. What if they're inter-diminsional, etc...?). The questions that will be asked and the answers or lack of answers will matter greatly to how disclosure goes down. I will go over some of the scenarios here (and I would love to hear other takes or ideas):
First, there are the basic questions many people will want to know: (which the government might not know, or may know but don't want to tell us)
-What are they up to?
-What are they like?
-Can we interact with them?
-Have we interacted with them?
-Have they interacted with us and if so in what ways?
-How much more advanced are they?
-Are they a threat, could they be a threat?
-How long have you known, and why didn't you tell us earlier? (like between now and Roswell, for instance)
-Who knew in government over the years and who is really in charge?
-Can we even trust government now on anything?
And so on...
It could be that many people will find the day-to-day of their lives much more important and interesting than finding out NHI has visited Earth. But like the woman I mentioned above, for a lot of people, even average people (whoever that is), the news will mess with their ideas of reality, especially their theology, and they will want to know where these things fit in: demons, angels? Many people made COVID about faith, same with AIDS, LGBTQ people, evolution, various natural disasters, even climate change and more. Even if most people try to remain calm and objective, the actions of people who "over-react" concerning these issues will impact us all. 40% of Americans are Protestant Christian with 23-24% evangelicals with about 5-10% Fundamentalists, and they have an oversized voice and will have a lot to say. Imagine 10% or more of Americans thinking this is, for sure, the second coming and trying to get us ready and so on. Again, it will be disruptive to those of us wanting to get on with our lives.
But wait, there's more. The BIG stuff:
There are a lot of theories and ideas and claims about what NHI is, and what they are up to visiting earth, and beyond. Many of these theories, and the reasons one might believe them, are only known to people who actively look into the phenomenon. Sure, there's the surface idea, that aliens exist and have been here, but even this belief is generally reserved for people who care to pay attention to the phenomenon. But then there are other levels and all the evidence and claims with the subsequent theories that will be disseminated and reported on. And as we know, some news outlets love reporting fear-based content (even sometimes without merit) as it gets views. However, not all of this is fear-based, and much of it, in the opinion of many researchers, has its basis in good circumstantial evidence and/or testimony from multiple reliable sources, released documents, etc... In no particular order here are some of the most likely ones that will come up as possibilities and as part of the discussions that will be happening just like people discussed COVID's origins, and similar things. I will put them roughly in order of more likely and less shocking to more so, based on how I think most average people would perceive them: (note, I don't believe in all of these with equal amounts of certainty and some of these I don't believe at all...yet, haha). Note, if anyone wants sources or more commentary on any of these, I will happily provide it. (note some of these overlap, and as the list goes on, it's hard to keep an order to what's more likely/less shocking)
-The secret government has committed various crimes in order to keep secret and control this information from misleading Congress, diverting funds, all the way up to murder and kidnapping. (this is widely believed to be true by the people at that forum mentioned above)
-NHI show particular interest in our nuclear arsenal (and warning in general): the testing, depots, deployed weapons, etc Does this mean they want to warn or protect us from nuclear destruction or, as some people think, are they doing recon and "prepping the battlefield?"
-Elements within the government have had recovered craft and bodies and hasn't told us (and the implications of what this means about a rogue shadow government, and how much can we trust the government at certain levels) (also widely believed to be true by the people at that forum mentioned above, just no hard evidence yet)
-We have captured and interrogated live NHI
-We have reversed NHI tech to the point that many of the craft people see now-a-days are government anti-gravity vehicles or what some call ARVs (Alien Reproduction Vehicles).
-NHI has for some times been interacting with humanity: contacting some people for some reason(s)
-NHI have been abducting people, sometimes from their own homes, and doing procedures on them: many of which seem to focus on genetics and reproductive organs (widely believed by many in the field)
-NHI communicate telepathically (and the implications of dominion over our own minds, the nature and limits of consciousness, and the nature of the NHI) (probably about 99% of reports of interactions with NHI have the NHI communicating telepathically)
-NHI has contacted various people with messages warning of our mistreatment of the environment, and what will these will mean about the stability of our current economic model. Already big businesses pushes for more profit and resource exploitation while many people's jobs are tied to "dirty" industries.
-There are multiple NHI, at least 4 types (sometimes working together, or at least factions/individuals are, and sometimes at odds with each other) (the first part is very much believed by many researchers, but not all. Note: many researchers will say this is their belief, but when talking to congress about implementing programs will stress the need for rigorous studies and evidence to collaborate the claims of more fundamental steps like uncovering government programs, establishing credentials of witnesses and so on)
-NHI has had an ongoing presence here on earth, even bases (thought to be under the ocean, or inside mountains)
-Some, or all, NHI aren't even "aliens," but come from different "dimensions." (this is becoming a much more believed hypothesis, even though it originally got a lot of ridicule in the UFO community. Ana Paulina Luna reported this is what people have been telling her privately. Note some politicians listed above and many researchers say there is a lot of stuff they just can say because their sources don't want to be outed for fear of prosecution - and currently there is work being done to waive NDA related to UFO-related work)
-NHI are tied heavily to psi phenomenon, telepathy, remote viewing, astral projection, Near-Death Experiences, etc...
-NHI have knowledge beyond ours of the nature of a god, souls, spirit, etc... that will be disruptive to the foundation theology to much of humanity
-At least some UFOs can be "summoned" through psychic training/meditative states/even psychoactive chemical assists.
-There is a hybridization program going on in which some NHI are making hybrid human NHI children.
-Hybrids already live amongst us (and will eventually be living more openly?).
-NHI seeded us or fast-forwarded our evolution (and maybe see us as "theirs" or at least their project to admin)
-The secret government has recruited, even abducted, people that are sensitive to psychic phenomenon to interact with NHI or their craft and tech which is interacted with by telepathically.
-Will there be disruptive technologies unleashed soon after disclosure causing mass unemployment or safety issues or geopolitical instability.
-NHI are actively evolving us (maybe just life in general) further to reach "higher forums"
-Crop Circles are a product of NHI
-Cattle Mutilations are a product of NHI
-There is a "galactic federation" waiting for us to be ready/evolved enough to join it (this theory has some high-level proponents and gets tossed around by channelers quite a bit)
-There was an agreement with NHI to allow them to abduct people, for exchange for technology during the Eisenhower admin (simplified version) The other part of this is that some NHI were going to help us if government agreed to give up nuclear weapons and we refused. (Again it might not be true-probably isn't-but there are people that seemingly worked in government who have come forward with this claim and how many people will believe this stuff and be activated by it. Society works best if we have shared truths)
-NHI will be revealed, but it's really a plan by the governments, and there are no NHI. The plan is to scare people into submission to control us through a program sometimes refereed to as Project Blue Beam (I don't believe this, but I put it high on the list because a fair amount of people in YouTube comments mention it)
-There is a "breakaway" society that lives on Mars, will leave earth for the stars, lives with the NHI, or some such scenario where the rest of us get left behind.
-There have been ongoing cooperation, even bases, staffed by humans and various NHI, even off-world.
-Some NHI are from what we would think of as the afterlife, but it's different from what we think of it
-NHI have steered some of the more important events, even conflicts, here on earth for their own reasons
-NHI have penetrated the deepest levels of government in various ways for their own reasons
-There are "portals" here on earth
-NHI are here to evolve us
-NHI are us from the future
-NHI are here to takeover earth over time
-NHI are native to earth (at least some of them)
-NHI are living in a different "vibrational state" on earth and are often present, we just can't detect them with our differing "vibrational states"
-JFK's killing was linked to his wanting more transparency/control over NHI information and programs
-We live in some kind of NHI run simulation, or at least they influence/control our reality
There is more, but that's a big list.Some of the items in the beginning I do believe are more likely to be true, even if not uncovered openly during early disclosure. Again, my point is that many many more people will be interested in digging into UFO and related information and more and more people will start putting it out there for profit or because of a sincere desire to inform in some cases. Many of the things above have significant implications for how we interact and trust government, feel about our place in reality, how we answer theological and other existential questions, and how safe we feel day-to-day. It would be nice if the government could find a way quickly and convincingly to get a good handle on the issue(s) to keep a critical mass of fear and craziness in check to not affect and infect or influence too many of the rest of us.
More, I did say this might be something that evolves over time and in waves. I would think first the revelation of NHI existing will cause some panic (maybe not too much though). Then later people might calm down, until more and more people start to figure out there have been abductions (or similar unsettling things), then more sustained panic. But that second wave may take a while to get to as it will have to be suspected and then efforts to uncover and verify (if possible) that that has happened or is still happening. So what if we find out there are hybrids living among us, or elements of the government have kidnapped people to use as psychic assets ("pink assets")? That's the kind of stuff might cause some issues that will disrupt societies...but if none of that is true then there will be less.
As I said, ultimately I think it's hard to know how much panic and disarray there will be because we don't know the full nature of what will be disclosed and discovered, and can only take guesses at this point based up witness credibility, preponderance and intersections of evidence, and what seems logical, but it's going to be more than "there's aliens," that's for sure.
That's all for now
p.s. I didn't care for Disclosure Day much. I not because it got aliens wrong or anything. I didn't like the story development, I thought it was illogical, and the bad guys were too incompetent and nonsensical.
Tuesday Jun 9th 2026
First, not long from my typing this, today, David Grush and a small bi-partisan group of congresspeople will be on the stops of the U.S. capital demanding UAP transparency. I believe they are going to ask the president for an executive order: which may involve declassification, whistleblower protection, demands on anyone to come forward including private aerospace, amnesty for people in the programs, and hopefully absolving people of their NDAs. We'll see. On it's face it sounds good, but too many times it seems big progress was being made and it was just a little push instead.
Next, I finally got Herb's email here in the chain so yay. Now Herb can stay can me emails about UFOs, for better or for...
I want to introduce the next section by affirming something most of us already know. That is an interesting fallacy most of you know isn't true: that UFOs are an American thing. Sightings happen all over the world. Here's one of a few maps recording them UFO Sightings Map | NUFORC
It's a very cool map (above) and you can zoom in to the details of pretty much all of the sightings. Not surprisingly the most sightings are where people live and have access to reporting information, as most sightings are not reported. Hawaii, the Coasts in America, the UK, and Puerto Rico have have the most.There are other maps online too, you can search out and many are interactive. In fact In Mexico and India UFO belief is higher than in America and the UK is not that far behind us. UFO Belief by Country: The Surprising Truth
With that in mind, It recently occurred to me that while most people have heard of Roswell, and Bob Lazar and more off the famous incidents, there are few really big international incidents some of you might not know of, which makes sense because roughly the same things are seen all over the world: the orbs, the metallic disk shaped craft, and the black triangles (with some other various odds and ends as well). So today I wanted to focus on Australia.
Australia UFO reporting centers generally receive 300+ reports a year. But that's not the main thing I wanted to share. The main things I wanted to share is the Roswell of Australia. While the Rendlesham Forest incident is considered Britain's Roswell, the Westall incident is Australia's and it happened just about 60 years ago on April 6, 1966.
The Westall Incident (a summary):
On the day of the incident some students at Westall High and the neighboring school were outside for P.E. type activities. At roughly 10am a student came into a science class to tell the teacher there's flying saucers outside. At first the students laughed but when class was soon over many students went out to see what was what. What they reported seeing was 3 dull metallic disk-shaped craft with domes on top silently moving around and jumping from place to place and sharp immediate angles. More and more students came out as word spread and witnesses, depending on their perspective,saw anywhere from 1 to 3 of the saucers.
Some students farther off at the the nearby forested area reported seeing one of the craft having landed and reported also that there was burned and depressed grass where it had done so.
Soon after reports of men wearing dark suits came on the campus and confiscated a teacher's camera she used to take pictures of the incident with. More people came later and took samples and spoke to the witnesses, but there are no clear IDs of who they were, just military and there is some thought they were Americans. Some teachers came forward later saying they were told they were weather balloons and not to talk about what they saw. In an assembly later the principal told the students they were not to talk about what they saw.
Ultimately 20-30 witness, former students, teachers, and local residents spoke to the story being true in a 2010 documentary. One teacher talked about being threatened by the military to never speak of the incident at the time.
Since then additional people have come forward bringing the count of adults who testify the the same essential story for seeing the 3 disks to about 50.
It's debated by people whether the 50 people speaking to the event all these years later and sticking to their story is a strength or a weakness as it's been a long time since the original event and maybe their memories have been contaminated. Or, is it a strength that the former teachers, students and residents years later would still talk openly about seeing the same thing. I believe if I saw what they said they saw years and years later the memory would be quite firm in my in my mind, probably the most memorable event of my life. If you watch the longer of the two videos I put in here, it's very good and you can see what seem like clearly sane credible witnesses talking about the event.
Finally. Spielberg as been more open about how he used to say he'd have to see one to believe it when it came to this stuff, but the circumstantial evidence had gotten to be too much to no longer believe.
Here's a really short 2:11min video on the Westall Incident. The longer and better video with about 20-30 witnesses talking about it years later as adults or even "elders" because they were teachers at the time is below that (recommended) There might be other really good videos out there, even better ones?
Westall’s 55-year-old school UFO sighting - Teacher Andrew Greenwood
best one below:
UFO The Westall 1966 UFO Incident Australia (full length TV ep)
Sam.
Mon, Jun 1st 2026
So I just ran across a very recent video put up today about "Disclosure Day" and Obama... But first, I was just getting ready to include this in a letter to someone:
"I believe Obama knows or suspects much of this and he’s listed as a producer of a movie that Netflix is supposed to make about the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, that happened, allegedly, in 1961. He also spoke to the American people admitting that there is stuff flying around that we don’t know what it is, how they move, and more.. And when he did say there were aliens more recently (before he later stepped back and said the picture thing), Trump, while aboard Air Force One, said “he shouldn’t have said that”, and “that’s classified information.” I don’t think any of that by itself means anything for sure, but I think Obama knows or suspects something, and may be hinting, at more that he’s “supposed” (could just be wishful thinking though...this whole subject if full of so much second guessing as you go a little deeper)."
What's worth mentioning I think, and maybe just for the fun of it...? is that Obama went to the set of "Disclosure Day," the first movie set he's ever visited. Steven "The Liar" Spielberg talks about it in this interview, while also saying Disclosure Day is closer to the truth than fiction, and that he made the film to "hurry it along" when asked about would he be in favor of actual disclosure. Note, we call Steven Spielberg "the Liar" because we suspect he knows more than he's letting onto, even though he says he doesn't know more than a normal person, but it's all in good fun: he's still invited over. More about Steven and his lies at the very bottom.
Steven Spielberg Is All For a Real Disclosure Day: 'Closer to Fact Than Fiction' (Exclusive)
here are the videos (which many of you have probably seen):
Obama says UFO sightings are real
Here's the newer video about his first more recent statement and Trump's follow up and his walk back (the Trump stuff is at the end)
After Obama remarks, Trump moves to release alien files
More Steven Stuff (copied and pasted from something else I wrote about his lies). hehe
Maybe Spielberg doesn't know this about the UFO community, but it is well known (and celebrated) in UFO research circles that he collaborated with Dr. J Allen Hynek for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He was close enough to Hynek that there is a Cameo of Hynek in Close Encounters (see below).
J. Allen Hynek got his Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Chicago and worked at Ohio State, later at the Smithsonian Observatory and finally at Northwestern. In 1948 he was hired by the USAF to study UFOs and felt the subject was ridiculous staying on through Project Sign, Project Grudge, and finally Project Blue Book. By the 60s Hynek had started to come to terms that some UFO witness were credible and there was really some type of phenomenon. In 1973 (4 years before Close Encounters would come out) he founded the "Center for UFO Studies." He also, it should be noted that he recognized the phenomenon as something "intelligent" but maybe more than just extraterrestrial: something he would share with his collaborator and UFO research legend Jacques Vallee, whom the French scientist in Close Encounters is modeled after.
Here is the link to the article below: Meet J. Allen Hynek, the Astronomer Who First Classified UFO 'Close Encounters' | HISTORY but I think the Wikipedia article is more interesting. (no need to read all that unless you're interested).
Very importantly, Spielberg has worked with Dan Farah before on Ready Player One. Dan Farah produced a UFO film called "The Phenomenon" in 2020, and was the producer and director of "The Age of Disclosure " which was heavily focused on whistleblowers and insiders saying there is an alien presence a government crash retrieval program . Interestingly Spielberg is making a movie "Disclosure Day" coming out in June 2026. Some people even think this is all part of a plan of "soft disclosure" to get people ready for eventual government disclosure with as little ontological and existential despair as possible... The video below is from a very good UFO news YouTube channel and it goes over the idea the ideas written in this paragraph.
Steven Spielberg's hidden strategy with film producer for UFO Disclosure rollout - Psicoactivo #298
What this is all getting to is I that think Steven knows more than the average person (maybe a lot more), or at the minimum has a very high ideal of what an average person knows about this subject.
Next is a video of him admitting he was influenced by Hynek and Richard Dreyfuss also talking about Hynek being a believer...the same Hynek that was a cameo in CE, and that Spielberg says he was influenced by.
Film Crew Comments, Dr. Allen Hynek (Making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1997)
Finally, one of the characters in CE was based on Dr. Jacques Vallee. Here's something on him:
Dr. Jacques Vallee has too big and winding of an academic career to just write up quickly, so I'll just hit on a few notes. He was the manager of the Stanford Computer Center, helped compile NASAs first detailed map of Mars, and worked as a senior investigator for the National Science Foundation. He's written numerous journal articles on scientific subjects and books on the UFO topic, at least 10 books. He talks about his discussions with Spielberg about the making of Close Encounters in which he tried to get Spielberg to consider interdimensional options for Non-Human Intelligences, which is something he believes, as do more and more researchers (as least with some of the NHI). In this video below starts talking about working with Spielberg on Close Encounters at about the 1:33 min mark.
Spielberg Based a Character in Closer Encounters on Jacques Valle
That's it for now. Rock on...
Sam
Thru, April 23 2026
Some people have sent me stuff about two things I want to mention:
1) There have indeed been missing scientists. Almost all of them working on stuff that could be UFO stuff which is why ufo people are particularly interested. Here is a good video on it all. You can jump around on the progress bar to find certain people. More, it doesn't even cover all the people that have gone missing or been killed under weird or unlikely circumstances. Many of them just walked off without their phones, or wallets: who does that. Next, there have been missing scientists in China as well according to some videos and articles I've read, at least 9 I think. These scientist worked in similar fields: space, hypersonics, etc... So here is the video I mentioned above and an article about the missing scientists in China:
I highly recommend watching the video below:
Why America’s Top Scientists Are Going Missing
The flow chart above mentions a bunch of places that have been implicated in UFO stories.
2 Giants, 20 Scientists: Mysterious Deaths, Disappearances Rattle US, China
here's Newsweek talking about the Chinese scientists:
Chinese scientists have been dying mysterious deaths too
Next UFO topic. Tim Burchett, a congressman from Tennessee that I mentioned said that 100% sure aliens have been to earth is saying now that watching the some of the videos he's watched in secure environments SCIFS (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) is happening now more and more as more congresspeople are wanting to see what's what. I have been looking forward to a time when there is a critical mass of people with power being interested to create favorable environment for military and private research to be done openly. Maybe we're getting closer?
Finally, an interesting and concerning question would be; if the scientists are somehow connected the UFO phenomenon, who is killing them and why? There are theories that go from: it's the coverup getting desperate, to bad aliens want to control our tech so we can't fight them (3 Body Anyone) and a few others kind of in between.
Oh, one last thing. For what it's worth Trump said the releases, directed by him, will be coming out "soon." But I don't put too much stock in his words on things like that.
Sam
Friday, July 18th 2025
I haven’t yet responded to the New York Times article suggesting that the UFO phenomenon is just misidentified U.S. high-tech projects—covered up and perpetuated by intelligence agencies to conceal advanced technology. Of course, maybe that is all it’s ever been.
However, there are still some holes in that theory, and some questions remain:
Much of the reported phenomenon seems way beyond anything any country, university, or private organization could produce (examples include transmedium travel—through space, air, and water—and instant acceleration). This also doesn’t explain historical sightings that predate such technology, like the Foo Fighters, which, interestingly, look a lot like the spheres people report nowadays.
Numerous sightings of beings, reported by all kinds of qualified observers (from abductions to simple encounters), going back at least to the 1960s. These beings consistently fall into about four clear categories, maybe more.
Whistleblowers have come forward claiming direct sources say this tech was built off-world or uses off-world materials. Some have even testified about the existence of non-human “biologics.”
The idea that the U.S. (or other countries) would conduct these kinds of experiments all over the world, sometimes in broad daylight, seems implausible—especially given the number of credible witnesses who’ve come forward.
It’s also hard to believe that the parts of the government controlling this tech would be so irresponsible as to endanger aviators, disrupt military operations, discredit people, waste resources, and sometimes damage people and property. Jesse Michels pointed out that there are potential lawsuits here for defamation, fraud, emotional distress, FOIA obstruction, international law violations, and even medical harm. I admit I don’t know enough law to fully understand all these claims—I’m mostly reporting what I’ve read.
Finally, there’s the question of how likely it is that the government is telling the truth about any of this.
Next, I made a Google Slides presentation (still a work in progress) to help me sort out some of the people who seem to have the better backgrounds and more compelling stories and claims. Here’s a link to it. Some of you will find it more interesting than others, of course, but I recommend checking it out—you might find it worth your time. Feel free to give me corrections or feedback. On my webpage that hosts the slideshow, I clearly mention that this is just some people’s claims—it’s not intended to cover incidents like Roswell or the Ariel School case. There’s much more to explore.
UFO Slideshow:
https://sites.google.com/d/1IB3EVru2GRhCBP_zxGinZyJw7_Xx2lPD/p/17-sswQkBzsxbAfBdD-h0yVTgfrtFhGId/edit
Also, there are supposedly more congressional hearings coming in September, and they’re claiming to have some first-hand witnesses lined up. These witnesses say they’ve been emboldened by others who’ve already come forward. We’ll see—this field is full of big talk but seems to move at a slow drip.
Friday, May 2 2025
Hello UFO working group:
I CCd some people on this. Let me once again say, I don't expect everyone to be equally interested in any of this and I certainly don't expect everyone to read/listen to/or go over any of this stuff or even read the email at all: especially anyone who doesn't seem to care about understanding the mysteries of reality that getting confirmation of advanced non-human intelligence that can travel here and are perhaps thousands or millions of years more advanced than us will bring us.
Speaking of that, this is one thing that bother's me most about a cover-up is that I want to know the nature of are we alone, what do "they" know about the nature of reality, even spirituality? What can understanding their tech help us with in terms of making the world and us better, and healthier? While it's fine that dangerous tech is classified and restricted, fundamental truths about reality should not be. Just like I don't think we should tell people how to make Nuclear Bombs, but people should know they exist and about things like basic fission, etc...
So here is some of the most interesting stuff to share for anyone who has missed some of the more current/current information:
The first video is from Jessie Michels. In the video he interviews Harald Malmgren who worked as an advisor to many different presidents as an advisor. Rather than go into his lengthy academic and political career here's a link:
suffice to say he's a really smart, connected, guy who worked with a lot of very important people.
In Jessie Michels' interview he's near the end of his life and comes out and says that there are aliens that have been here/are here, etc... That he's handled part of the off-world tech and even seen a video of one of them. Here's the interview (note it's really long and he talks about a lot of other stuff in his career: but the bottom "playbar" has chapters):
Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren)
The next video which just came out last night, is one of Eric Davis Speaking. He's a physicist who's worked on a lot of government projects.
Interestingly in the video that just came out last night, while Ret. Vice Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Harvard Professor Avi Loeb, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Rep. Tim Burchett and Luis Elizando and media are doing a hearing on UAP, all are at one point listening to Eric Davis.
In this session he talks even more about the programs and their history and funding. He verifies that there have been removed craft and to some extent where they are taken. The most interesting thing is that later he says there are 4 species/races that he knows of: The Greys, The Nordic, The Mantist/Insectoids, and The Reptilians. He stresses that they are NOT insects or reptiles in anyway, they just seem to remind people of them a little. Here's and report of "Down to Earth" that shows the parts of Eric Davis talking:
BOMBSHELL UFO BRIEFING! Astrophysicist Eric Davis briefs Congressional panel on 4 ALIEN SPECIES!
I'll put a link to a good Eric Davis Interview at the end of this email
This whole Mantis thing reminds me of this from earlier this year:
He's not the only person that has come forward saying they've had encounters with these "Mantis" types, just just happens to be a Ret. Col. from Special Forces who became a Program Manager at Darpa with two Master's Degrees and a Ph.D who served as a visiting professor at the Air Force Academy, and a consultant to the White House and NASA, etc. Here's a paper about him:
John G . Blitch Resume/CV | Autonomous Robotics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Artificial Intelligence
"The Basement Office" interview here with Eric Davis:
Bonus Episode | The Basement Office | Eric Davis on working for Pentagon UFO program | New York Post
He's legit and you can even find papers he's published online. More he's spoken to congress before.
Finally, Phil if you've gotten this far, I just watched a UAP YouTuber a few days ago who I hadn't seen before. He's a retired F16 pilot who's now doing full time UFO/UAP stuff trying to find out what's what. Anytime there is a fighter pilot I find out about somehow involved I think of you.
Sam
March 8, 2025
This is a really good video of a philosophy professor talking about how he made the jump into UFO stuff and how hard it is for some people because it's too paradigm shifting and so on. He also has a lot of insights or at least ideas about what might be going on. Highly recommended.
UAP Disclosure, NHI Motivations and AI with Steven Brown PhD | Unveiled Ep. 8
Tuesday, Janurary 28 2025
Crazy, another very decorated, highly educated guy from the inside coming forward!
This video is from two days ago, article below it is from 1 day ago
One of the interesting (and more bizarre) things he says is that an alien communicated with him that our bodies are "soul housing groups" -machines- designed to house souls. Very similar to Bob Lazar all those years ago saying the aliens think of us as containers (but he didn't know what that meant).
One more spoiler that I want to comment on is the idea that the Greys are "biological robots" for another species, some think it's this more "mantis" looking type. Hmmm...sounds spacey (see what I did there), but I thought the same thing when my teacher at Ventura College years ago asserted there are retrieved alien ships that the government has possession of.
note: I haven't watched the full video yet, only the first 15 min, but I did read the article which seems to just be reporting on the video.
Former nuclear officer, green beret says he believes UAP whistleblower | Reality Check
Saturday, Janurary 11 2026
I can't find the interview I was watching with this guy, but the guy is Robert Hastings. Here's a copy of his book on Amazon. It's kind of dry and very repetitive in that it's that same story pretty much over and over again. Nuclear missile site people see UFO and missiles turn off and no one higher up seems to care and it's been happening all over the world.
https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Nukes-Extraordinary-Encounters-Nuclear/dp/1544822197
Here's an interview with him, but it's not the one I watched that I liked better:
Researcher says UAPs and nukes are connected | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
Here's the wiki to Paul Hellyer how, if you read it, was highly involved in Canadian military and if you get down the E.T. claims he claims there have been at least 4 species visiting us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hellyer
Just like Haim Eshed, you got to read his bio and his claims, which are similar to Hellyers, but more interesting imo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Eshed
and all that makes people like Boyd Bushman's (former Lockheed engineer with numerous patents) story sound more plausible.
Crazy stuff.
Sam